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Jin Yuchen knew that the moment he came out of Xiangguo Mansion, the chess game had already moved one step forward. The key point in the battle for the throne was to win over high-ranking ministers.The Fu family turned to the Ninth Prince, Fu Shiguo didn't want to contradict the emperor's intention, but everyone can see the appearance of the prince now, a pussy that does nothing, has neither brains nor ability, and has nothing to do The mother and concubine with a coaxing face.

It’s just that when Jin Yuchen entered the clan’s mansion, he didn’t have too many relationships with the ministers, so Jin Mingzuo read the imperial decree in the hall to restore the identity of the fourth prince and gave him a heavy responsibility. The case did not cause an uproar.It's just a lucky prince who was lucky enough to be overturned, and the backstage was pulled out by the emperor, so nothing could happen. Secondly, the case of Chen Guogong's mansion is also a hot potato. After so long, it happened again, and he died. With so many people, Judge Qiu of Dali Temple was found dead on the side road outside the palace for some reason.

At this moment, the fourth prince jumped out and personally solved the case that was his family business. Whether it was successful or not, it would not be too bad. If even Chen Guogong's only descendant was killed, then the strange things that happened one after another in the palace would be unbelievable. It is not necessarily related to the case of Chen Guogong's mansion.

In short, the ministers below are not vegetarians, and they will think for themselves. If it has nothing to do with them, they will not bother to bother, and continue to perform their duties and do their own things. It is a pain for Shen Xiangguo and Taiwei Pei. The tricky thing is that Jin Yuchen knelt in the main hall, accepted the order from Eunuch Li, and walked among the other princes in silence. Except for the princes who were sealed away from other places, only the prince Jin Mingyang, the second prince Jin Haiyan, and the fifth prince Jin Mingyang remained in the palace. Except for Xuanhao, the sixth prince Jin Yanchi, and the ninth prince Jin Xuefan, the rest are locked in the clan mansion.As soon as Jin Yuchen walked over there, the princes retreated in disgust. Of course Jin Yuchen knew what these brothers meant, and his position was already firm. No one wanted to play with his four brothers.

"Since all the lovers have no objections, let's retreat." Jin Mingzuo waved his hand and dispersed the morning court.

After leaving the Zhenghe Hall, all the ministers left the palace one after another, and only three people remained at the gate of the hall. Naturally, they were Jin Yuchen, Pei Yuanjin, and Shen Funan who had just received the imperial edict to investigate the case.

Pei Yuanjin still had a lukewarm expression: "The fourth prince and Lord Xiangguo don't know the details of this matter, please go to the case file of Dali Temple with Yuan Jin, the autumn judgment before death has sorted out the case file Come out and combine it with the death cases in the palace and outside the palace in the past few days."

"This autumn sentence is also dead for no apparent reason. Maybe you can gain something else by going to Dali Temple." Shen Fu Nantong said, "Let's go to Dali Temple to have a look, and then come to my house to discuss the details. The murderer Entering the palace and killing people so recklessly and casually, it is definitely not safe to come to the palace, Xiangguo Mansion is small, but it is a good place to discuss, what do you think is wrong with this?"

Jin Yuchen nodded: "This king agrees with Mr. Xiangguo's statement. I wonder what Mr. Pei thinks?" How could he not see that Shen Funan wanted to win over Pei Yuanjin?Even when the emperor assigned Pei Yuanjin to pick him up from the clan mansion, he had already planned to bring Pei Yuanjin to the emperor's side.

"The lower official is ordered to investigate the case, and there is no reason for the lower official not to participate in everything related to the case." Pei Yuanjin said lightly.

"That's all right, let's go to Dali Temple to get the file now." Jin Yuchen agreed immediately, and the three of them went to Dali Temple together.

Regarding Qiu Pan's death, Dali Temple could not give any reasonable explanation. They all said that Qiu Pan sent people to the homes of the two adults who had the tragedy that day, and both adults refused to go to Dali Temple. Those two lords said that the case was ordered by the emperor to be thoroughly investigated. If the two lords did not cooperate, they would not respect the emperor, so they went to Gongjiao to visit them in person, and warned them by the way, Failed to come back, Qiu Pan died a hundred miles away from Shangshu Zuocheng's mansion, but everyone in Shangshu Zuocheng's mansion, including Li Zongnian, said that they had never seen Qiupan, and refused to admit that they had anything to do with Qiupan's death. connect.

"This Qiu Juan was probably killed by someone with a heart. As for who, I think it must be related to the case. Qiu Juan found out the other party's tricks, so he was silenced." Shen Funan read the file and contacted the recent incident. "However, since Qiu Judgment was for Chen Guogong's revenge, why was it silenced?"

"Qiu Pan's death is different from the previous ones. Wu Zuo said he was poisoned. When he checked his body, he found a small hole in Qiu Pan's waist. It should be caused by a hidden weapon like a poison needle. , it means that Qiu Judgment has not yet arrived, and he was killed." Jin Yuchen saw the autopsy report written on a new file, "Here, when those people died, their bodies were all engraved with blood, and Qiu There is only a small hole on Juan's body left by a poisonous needle, so it can be concluded that the murderer who killed Qiu Pan is not the same person as the murderer in our case."

"However, it does not rule out that Qiu Ping was assassinated to death on the way back after meeting the person he wanted to see," Pei Yuanjin said at the right time. The emperor's attention, to wash away the injustice of the unjust case four years ago, now that he has achieved his goal, he should have no reason and motive to kill again, the first thing we need to determine is the reason why Qiu Juan was silenced, and why he went to see the two alone Your Excellency’s reason, the emperor personally said that he would thoroughly investigate the case, the emperor gave Dali Temple the power, and now Dali Temple wants to bring someone to trial, how can there be no one to come? This matter is strange.”

"What do you mean?" Shen Funan didn't understand what he meant.

"It's very simple." Jin Yuchen closed the file in his hand, "It's the dead Qiupan who lied to everyone."

Pei Yuanjin said silently, "That's what it means. It's just a conjecture by the lower officials, and there is no evidence."

"It's good to have speculation, but I'm going to trouble everyone to visit two places later. They are Zhongshu Shilang and Shangshu Zuocheng respectively, and this king is going to visit someone who none of you can know. This is simply involved. It's very important, and I hope that the two adults will not investigate too deeply. Qiu Juan's death is our best warning." Jin Yuchen sat leisurely on the chair where the file was made, and picked up the tea made by his servants, "This case is very serious. It's simple, and it can be solved in a short time, and when I confirm the suspicion in my heart, I can give the answer tomorrow."

"An answer can be given tomorrow?" Shen Funan looked at him amusedly, "There is no clue about this case now, and even why Qiu Ping went to Zuo Cheng's place is still unclear. How can I have the confidence to solve the case tomorrow? This old man knows four things." Prince, you want to make meritorious service as soon as possible, so as to improve the emperor's opinion of you, but this matter is of great importance, and I hope you, fourth prince, will pay more attention to it."

"Xiangguo is being cautious. I believe that Mr. Pei has also seen the key to this case. I said that the case will be solved tomorrow. Is there any exaggeration? Mr. Pei?"

"The lower official is just an intermediary, so I can't make such an argument." Pei Yuanjin was still indifferent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Jin Yuchen's proposal.

"It's best for Xiangguo not to get involved in this matter. I'm afraid it will be detrimental to Mr. Xiangguo. Don't worry, I will never break my promise to you." Jin Yuchen advised, not letting Shen Funan get involved is indeed for the sake of He is good, if this matter is revealed, it will be a stain on the royal family. If Shen Funan, an outsider, knows, it will be a thorn that cannot be removed by the emperor.

The most troublesome thing is him. He wants to send away Shen Funan and Pei Yuanjin, two foreign ministers, and go to perform a play by himself, and he may be decapitated, but he dares to bet on his flawless disguise. Bet on Jin Mingzuo's compassion.

What happened four years ago was really dirty, father.

Shen Funan wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Jin Yuchen's firm look, and thinking of Jin Yuchen's relationship with Shen Qingbie, he thought that Jin Yuchen really liked Shen Qingbie, and Jin Yuchen had nothing now. It is impossible to frame him as a backing, and it will not be of any benefit to him, so he nodded: "Then everything will follow the arrangement of the fourth prince, and I will retire first. It is still early, and I will go to Zhongshu Shilang's mansion to visit now. "

"Master Xiangguo, please." Jin Yuchen said respectfully.

Pei Yuanjin bowed slightly.

It wasn't until Shen Funan came out of the gate that Pei Yuanjin moved his numb legs and sat on a chair beside him: "It seems that you plan to have a showdown in front of the emperor."

"The clues in this case will always be on Qiu Juan's death. It can only be said that the father was too impatient and killed the wrong person by mistake. If this case is to sink forever, there must be a scapegoat to take these The pot is all on the back."

"Hmph," Pei Yuanjin sneered, "It seems that the two scapegoats were responsible for this blame, but in fact, it was the emperor himself. Who would have thought that you wrote the whistleblower letter four years ago?"

Jin Yuchen picked up the file on the table and put it in his sleeve: "Yes, how could those two servants draw such a precise picture of Anqing's border garrison? It's the mastermind behind everything, that poor prince locked up in the clan mansion."

"You put on a good show."

"It's just that Chen Guogong is too stupid. He even did such a hidden thing as raising a dead servant with such fanfare. He was even discovered when he secretly met with the general of the enemy country. If I don't expose this plan that will fail sooner or later, I'm afraid even I will be involved. Four years ago, my mother and concubine stole the other half of the soldier talisman from my father to mobilize the North and South Army. If I didn't take the soldier talisman back and return it to my father, I'm afraid I would have escaped death." Jin Yu A trace of cruelty flashed in Chen's eyes, "Mother, concubine and grandpa are so stupid, they deserved to be imprisoned by the nine clans in the end, but father, he took the lives of my mother, concubine, grandfather and all relatives, shouldn't he also leave something behind?" Make it up to me?"

"Don't be impulsive and ruin the big event. You have to know that this is just the beginning. The first thing to do is to get the military power and the prince's fief." Pei Yuanjin patted him on the shoulder, "What should be paid back is all to be paid back." Pay it back."

Originally, Pei Yuanjin would not have any contact with Jin Yuchen, but the Emperor Chen Guogong's matter was too extreme. Anyone who had anything to do with Chen Guogong would be executed. Pei Yuanjin's mother was from the Chen family. Because of the relationship, she immediately divorced her mother, shut her mother outside the gate of Pei's mansion, was surrounded by the imperial guards who came, and was stabbed to death with random swords. That night has always remained in Pei Yuanjin's mind, lingering.

Pei Yuanjin's mother was just a concubine in Pei's mansion, and her life was not good. She was not cared for by Mr. Pei, nor was she seen by other wives in Pei's mansion.In order to survive in the Pei Mansion, the mother concealed Pei Yuanjin's gender and sent him to a private school to study with the sons of other wives. In the end, he became the number one scholar in high school, and became the youngest Taiwei in history because of his various contributions. , deeply appreciated by the emperor, the mother and daughter who have been bullied for many years can finally have a good life, but when Pei Yuanjin wanted to take her mother to his Taiwei Mansion, her mother died.

There is no father in Pei Yuanjin's life. He has been bullied by the sons of other families for a long time, and has developed a forbearing and stable temperament. In this world, only his mother treats him well, but his mother obviously did nothing wrong, but she was treated by the emperor with a piece of paper. , executed.

Originally, Pei Yuanjin would also be implicated and executed, but Mr. Pei didn't want the only important court official in his family to be killed, so he lied to the public that Pei Yuanjin was from the second wife of the mansion. Pei Yuanjin still doesn't know where her mother was buried. , there may be no tombstone, rolled up a mat, and threw it into the barren mountains...

I don't know why, but he became very interested in the only fourth prince who survived in this big case. Everyone involved in this case is dead, but he is the only one alive. It seems that the things in the palace are also interesting tight.

So he visited the palace at night, met the fourth prince, and told him what happened to Pei's family. He would not have had other ideas at first, but Jin Yuchen told him the ins and outs of all the incidents directly.

"Didn't you do all of this? If you didn't tell the truth, how could these things happen?"

"No, Mr. Pei, you know it's not the king's fault. Everything I did was to protect myself. One of the people you want to blame is dead now, and the other one is lying on which concubine's couch. Merry and happy."

"You said that you have a way to get out, and you can help me get back what I should get back, but is it true?"

"Based on the fact that this king can survive this turmoil, on the basis that a eunuch placed next to the emperor by this king will poison him every day without anyone noticing, on the basis that this king said that one day the king can go out, it will be decided. Can go out. Do you think it's true?"

Pei Yuanjin nodded: "Then form an alliance. In the future, if you want to know anything in this palace, I can let you know, and even what you want to do, I can help you."

"How does this king trust you?"

"Fourth prince, I am a woman. If I break my promise, you can tell it. It is a capital offense for a woman to pretend to be a man in an official career. There are many people in the court who want to get rid of me. There will be people who will believe your words. I exchange this with you, and I hope you can return me with the same sincerity."

Jin Yuchen clapped his hands: "Okay, okay, from now on we will use each other, we will get what we need, and no one will be a drag on the other. Since you are so sincere, then I can't shirk..." As he spoke, The man untied his hairband, followed by the skirt, "The menstrual bag and chest wrap in the future, I will trouble Taiwei Pei."

Pei Yuanjin's eyes widened: "You are so bold! This is a capital crime of beheading!"

"Now we are on the same boat. I hope you will remember what you said today." Jin Yuchen put on his clothes and signaled to the door, "Otherwise you won't be able to get out of this deep palace tonight."