After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

"Your Highness, the case of Miss Yang's disappearance on her wedding night has already begun."

In the study room, Ning Yuanqiu presented a stack of official documents from various prefectures and counties in Zhongqin, all of which were related to the case of the bride's disappearance in the past three years.

Huai Zhen went through them one by one, and found that the disappearance case was indeed not an exception.

After he returned to Suizhou after conquering Nanqi, he successively reviewed the major events in the state for the past six months.

The city of Suizhou has a complete set of administrative officials. Except for Sun Zhongli, who is the supervisor dispatched from Beijing, all the officials in the prefecture and county respect King Yu. important matter.

It is this disappearance case that is sandwiched with the people's livelihood and military affairs.

Missing persons are the responsibility of the government office, and Huaizhen is the prince, so it is impossible to inquire about every case in the government office in detail, except for this one.

The Yang family is a wealthy businessman in Suizhou. His daughter Yang Ruoxue was supposed to marry the son of another wealthy businessman in the city half a year ago. Her boudoir disappeared without a trace, and half a year has passed, and the government still hasn't found Yang Ruoxue.

Fortunately, no nameless corpse was found on the surrounding mountains, and it is tentatively determined that Yang Ruoxue has not been murdered yet.

Just because no one was alive but no one was dead, and she disappeared on the wedding day, rumors abounded that Yang Ruoxue eloped with her lover, that Yang Ruoxue hated the poor and loved the rich, that she was not satisfied with marrying the son of a rich businessman, and wanted to cling to higher branches , so escaped marriage.

Huaizhen was not in Suizhou City at that time, otherwise the group of poor and poor scholars with bad mouths would have made nonsense that it was King Yu who hid the girl from the Yang family in the mansion for himself.

Rumors raged, the reputation of the Yang family was damaged, and they suffered unspeakably until Huaizhen returned to Suizhou, and the master of the Yang family brought the son-in-law who had not yet completed the wedding to kneel in front of Huaizhen to cry for grievances.

This case was transferred from the government office to Huaizhen.

Huaizhen has been recovering from his shoulder injury for more than a month, and people have started to investigate the disappearance case one after another, and now they have found key clues.

Officers and soldiers who visited the bride's boudoir on the day of the newlywed's disappearance described that the windows in the boudoir were open and there were footprints on the window pedals.

Judging from the size and strength of the footprints, it should be an adult man with certain skills.

There was no trace of struggle in the room, only a hairpin of Yang Ruoxue fell on the ground, it is temporarily impossible to determine whether it was dropped by struggle when she was robbed or by accident when she left with the man voluntarily.

Master Yang proved that Yang Ruoxue had no dissatisfaction with this marriage. She and the son of the Li family were childhood sweethearts or child relatives, and there was no reason to elope.

When the Yang family defended their daughter, Yang Ruoxue's fiancé always cooperated regardless of the worldly eyes, which shows that the two have a deep relationship, so the probability of elopement is even smaller.

Then there is only one possibility of the newlywed being robbed.

Huaizhen had someone investigate the cottage on Langshan, directly across from Suizhou, and the gangsters inside have now become ordinary people, and they didn't even go down the mountain on their wedding night, so the suspicion can be ruled out.

Disappearance and disappearance in Suizhou City are now only one incident, not like a serial crime.

So the case became unsolved.

That day, Chu Shao was sitting in the study drinking tea, he raised his mouth inadvertently, and said, "We can't just look at the city of Suizhou, what if there are similar cases in the whole of Zhongqin?"

Huaizhen was awakened by these words. He wrote documents and distributed them to various states and counties. Ten days later, he heard back one after another.

Sure enough, in the past three years, there have been cases of missing brides in various places in Zhongqin.

If you only look at the city of Suizhou, you can't seem to see the seriousness of this case.

But looking at the whole of Zhongqin, almost every two months, two or three newlywed women disappeared on their wedding day for no reason, and they were neither alive nor dead.

In three years, nearly a hundred young women have disappeared.

This number makes everyone's hair stand on end.

Chu Shao came back from the street, holding the book "Golden House Zangjiao" in her arms, and was about to tell Huaizhen about the outside story. The story is too outrageous now, and I want him to take care of it. As soon as I walked into the study, I felt that the atmosphere was dignified ——All the confidantes around Jiu Gu gathered in the study.

As if discussing some important matter, Chu Shao originally wanted to go around behind the screen to drink tea and eat snacks as usual, and then talk about his own trivial matters after they finished discussing.

But as soon as he entered the room, everyone in the room turned their attention to him-it was hard not to attract attention.

"Qing Xu, come here." Huai Zhen waved to Chu Shao.

I don't know when King Yu stopped avoiding Chu Qingxu when discussing affairs in the mansion.

Wen Yan on the side didn't even need the prince to speak, he took the initiative to move the chair and put it beside Huaizhen. Chu Shao walked over and sat beside Huaizhen naturally.

He sat in the same position as Huai Zhen, and the group of counselors in front of the desk seemed to be taking orders from Chu Shao.

Huaizhen put the official document in Chu Shao's hand, and said without reservation: "A few days ago, all the states responded to the case of the bride. A series of crimes have been committed in the whole of Zhongqin."

Chu Shao immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, and he quickly read the official documents submitted by the states.

Ning Yuanqiu: "..."

It stands to reason that no one else can touch the official document submitted to the prince—not to mention that Chu Shao was... and an old minister of the enemy country!

Ning Yuanqiu hesitated to speak, forget it, as far as King Yu is concerned, Chu Shao seems to be no longer someone else.

"Can you see something strange?"

Huai Zhen waited patiently for Chu Shao to finish reading before asking.

"Has your Highness noticed that there is a pattern in the identities of these missing girls?"

Chu Shao took out three official documents of Xiaozhou County and arranged them in order: "Compared to Suizhou Qinjing, these three places are all small capitals, and the identities of the missing brides in these places are the daughters of local officials. Most of them are small officials around the seventh rank, and they belong to those who can't easily go to the capital and can't sue the capital."

After he mentioned it, Huaizhen discovered the key point. He found the official documents of Huazhou and compared them. Huazhou also lost three brides one after another in the past three years. However, the identity of the missing girl in Huazhou was not the same as Like Suizhou, they are all just ordinary merchant girls.

Although the daughters of rich merchants are no worse than the daughters of scholarly and official families, merchants are the last class after all.

If a government office receives the disappearance of a merchant woman and an official woman at the same time, it is also a human life, but the official woman is more expensive.

Ning Yuanqiu asked: "Is there any way here?"

King Yu already understood what Chu Shao meant. He glanced at his confidant and asked, "What would happen if the daughter of a fourth-rank official in Suizhou disappeared on her wedding day?"

Ning Yuanqiu: "If the sons and daughters of important ministers are involved in the case, the prince will personally accept it. If the prince can't find out, he will report it to Beijing. If there are so many cases happening in succession, maybe even the emperor will be alarmed..."

Speaking of this, Ning Yuanqiu and everyone present understood.

Those who rob the bride would not dare to do it in Dazhou County, where the prince sits, such as Suizhou and Huazhou. Even if they want to rob, they only dare to rob the daughters of merchants. Because of this, at least they will not make trouble in front of the prince. They dare not disturb the prince , in fact, they dare not disturb Kyoto.

It can be seen that the people behind are afraid of a certain force in Qin Jing.

Huaizhen closed the official document and put it on the table: "One more thing, only Kyoto has no similar cases in Zhongqin."

Speaking of which, apart from Chu Shao, in the study room, there was already one person in everyone's mind: King Rui.

There are so many cases, and within three years, there are no waves or even a single suspect has been caught. With such a powerful shielding force, besides the emperor in the capital, it is King Rui.

The emperor has three thousand in the harem, and if he really wants to be lustful, he can choose a concubine, so why covet a woman who is already ready to marry?Besides, Emperor Qin is seriously ill now, how could he have such thoughts?

Then only King Rui Huaiyang was the most suspicious.

Ning Yuanqiu: "The name of King Rui's beloved wife spreads far and wide, and Princess Rui is behind the Duke of Zhenguo. With the majesty of old General Wen, King Rui should not dare."

Chu Shao knew very little about King Rui, except that he was Huaizhen's elder brother. He took a sip of warm tea and was simply curious: "King Rui is very kind to his first wife? How good is it?"

No one knows better about King Rui than Huai Zhen.

"Big brother's first wife is the youngest son of old general Wen, named Wen Pei, whose name is Lubai. When Wen Pei was young, he was the companion of the prince in the palace. In the winter when he was 12 years old, Huai Yang walked on the ice on the lake in the imperial garden regardless of dissuasion. I stepped on an ice cube at the center of the lake and fell into the icy water."

This happened more than ten years ago. At that time, Huai Zhen already thought that Concubine Yu had fallen out of favor, and she was not in the palace. Many details were mentioned by Duke Zhen and the eyeliner in the palace.

"After Huai Yang fell into the water, the closest to him was Wen Pei. Wen Pei also knew how to swim. He was the first to jump into the water to save someone. Huai Yang is the eldest son of the royal family and the most favored prince in the palace. He fell into the water." , the people on the shore only cared about him, so they forgot that Wen Lubai was the first to jump into the water and push King Rui up to the surface of the lake. After King Rui came ashore and spit out the choking water, no one remembered that there was still Duke Zhen in the water. youngest son."

"After Wen Pei was rescued ashore, his whole body was stiff and cold, and he was only half breathed. With the prestige of Duke Zhen in the court, this incident quickly alarmed Father, who was shocked and angry. You must know that Duke Zhen was the last Love the youngest son, if something happens to Wen Pei, the military officials in the court will definitely be in turmoil."

"Father almost took the entire imperial hospital, and it took three days and three nights of treatment to bring Wen Pei back from the gate of hell." Speaking of this, Huai Zhen sighed softly, feeling extremely regretful.

"Wen Lubai was originally an excellent martial arts seedling. After this catastrophe, his body was frozen by the lake water that day. After that, he can no longer practice martial arts. He can only be carefully raised at home."

"I was not at the scene back then, but I only heard from Old General Wen that with Wen Lubai's water skills back then, he could have escaped on his own after rescuing Queen Rui. It was King Rui who was struggling in panic in the water. Kicking underwater, unexpectedly kicked Wen Pei who could have escaped from the water back into the deep water, which almost killed Wen Pei."

Chu Shao frowned unobtrusively.

"After this incident, the reputation of King Rui's stubbornness spread, and he was very unpopular with Lord Zhen Guo. Lord Zhen Guo was the head of the military generals in the court. King Rui angered Lord Zhen Guo, which was tantamount to making peace with the Manchu Dynasty. The generals are on the opposite side."

"Huaiyang's biological mother, Empress Zhao, saw that her son had lost her heart, and she was very anxious, so she sent away the group of Yingying and Yanyan who were close to her in the palace. After a year of silence, King Rui suddenly pursued Wen Pei with great fanfare. The whole capital knew about it, and they chased him back for four or five years, during which time King Rui's reputation was beautified a lot because of his specialism."

"When Wen Pei was able to marry as an adult, the queen asked the emperor for a marriage proposal, saying that Huaiyang wanted to take care of Wen Pei for the rest of his life out of guilt, and made Huaiyang and the Duke of the town swear never to take concubines. One Wen Lubai. This kind of half push and half resignation, coupled with the pressure of the imperial decree, led King Rui to marry Wen Pei as his official wife. Because of this marriage, King Rui's reputation for loving his wife has been widely spread in Beijing. Get back together."

"Is this the origin of the reputation of King Rui's beloved wife?" Chu Shao shook his head lightly, "It was obvious that Wen Lubai was the one who sacrificed himself. Although I don't know the details of the year, this marriage was the royal family from the beginning to the end. It's dragging, who ever asked Wen Lubai's wishes? King Rui is just using his devotion to Wen Pei to clear up his bad reputation in the past, and he really doesn't see how much he loves his princess. "

He shook the teacup in his hand: "Besides, it's not that King Rui is not close to women. He is just suppressed by guilt and this marriage contract. If desire is suppressed for a long time, it will often lead to evil results that violate the principles of ethics."

"Based on a few words, do you think King Rui is not a good person?"

No one has a better insight into King Rui's character than Huai Jiugu.

He can see clearly because he grew up with this elder brother, and it is said that three years old are old. Huaizhen knew to beware of this elder brother since he could remember. He already had a definite answer in his heart, but this is an established The conclusion was made based on his relationship with Huai Yang for more than ten years.

As for Chu Shao, he had never even met Huai Yang in person, and based on the clues given in these official documents and his own words, he was able to determine who was behind the case.

Should he be said to be smart, or rash?

He thinks so rashly that King Rui, who is half-brother with Huaizhen, is not a good thing. Will he also think that Huaizhen is also not a good thing because of two or three words from others in the future?

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