I'm happy after being scumbag

With this thought in mind, Zheng Yi said to his friend beside him, "I'm going back first."

Guo Xin was confused and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Zheng Yi pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "Just now I thought of something important, I have to tell my father earlier. It's very important, so..." I can't tell you now.

Guo Xin listened, and blurted out: "Then hurry up!"

There was no question at all.

Such trust moved Zheng Yi's heart.

At the same time, after a few words, he calmed down a bit and changed his mind: "No, we'd better go back slowly."

If things were really as he expected, then he would rush home as soon as he left the palace, maybe he would be noticed that something was wrong.

Guo Xin was even more puzzled, frowned, and said in confusion, "Go back slowly? That's fine, let's go."

Still didn't ask much.

He has always known that he and his father are only good at charging, unlike Zheng Shu and Zheng Yi who are good at strategy.In the past, when marching, it was often the Zheng family's father and son, the old general and Yun Ge who discussed the strategy.Now that Yun Ge is gone, he naturally listens to Zheng Yi.

Along the way, Zheng Yi thought about how to tell his father about his discovery later, and couldn't help thinking, if things were really what he thought, how wonderful it would be.

But even if this is the case, there are countless places that are puzzling.

Full of doubts, Zheng Yi returned home.

Knowing his father's habits, he walked straight to the study after entering the door.Sure enough, Zheng Gong was sitting in front of the desk, writing something.

Seeing his son come back, Zheng Gong was not in a hurry to put down his pen.He carefully considered his words, carefully wrote down what he had just thought, and then stopped.

In the past few years, the war in northern Xinjiang has subsided, and he, a "warrior" who has become a monk, has no place to use his skills, and he only lives in Chang'an City.Zheng Gong is not like Old General Yan and Guo Mu, who have weapons and can do everything. He used to practice for survival, but now he prefers to go back to the study and become a "scholar".

He deliberately recorded the many battles he participated in in northern Xinjiang, and left them for future generations to refer to.Now that most of the writing has been written, the most thrilling decisive battle is about to begin.

After putting down the pen, Zheng Gong raised his eyes to look at his son, and asked, "You came back from the palace?" After a pause, "What's wrong?"

In the first half of the sentence, he only thought that his son wanted to tell him about the situation in the palace.In the second half of the sentence, he sensed something wrong in Zheng Yi's eyes.

Hearing his father's question, Zheng Yi's cheeks twitched slightly, and his Adam's apple rolled.

Zheng Gong saw his appearance.Zheng Gong was even more sure that something must be wrong with his son, and it was a big one, so he had to tell himself what he wanted to say.

Sure enough, what his son said next really shocked Zheng Gong.

His brows became tighter and tighter, especially when he heard his son say: "It suddenly occurred to me that when Yun Ge was brought back, the coffin had already been crucified. To put it bluntly, no one saw Yun Ge's body."

Zheng Gong looked at his son firmly, and said, "You mean, Yun Ge is still alive?"

Zheng Yi was nervous, and said in a low voice: "I just think that maybe there is a possibility."

Zheng Gong didn't say a word, his face was gloomy.

Seeing his father like this, Zheng Yi even had difficulty breathing.

He began to feel that he had done something stupid.If Yun Ge was still alive, why would he not contact his family, but watch Uncle Yan and Concubine Taigui heartbroken for him?Even if there is an unavoidable purpose, these family members must know.

Zheng Yidao: "Father, these are just my wild thoughts."

Zheng Gong shook his head.

He said slowly: "Four years ago, you caught a Turkic spy in Zhecheng."

Zhecheng is a border town in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it was also the city guarded by Zheng Gong and his son in the past. It got its name because of the abundant red stone in the area.

Zheng Yi didn't expect his father to bring this up.But he thought for a moment, nodded: "Yes."

Zheng Gong said: "You said at the time that you seemed to have seen that man in the Turkic bandit army."

Zheng Yi took a deep breath and said, "Yes."

As a border town, there are actually quite a lot of mixed races living in Zhecheng.These people are often born of Han women who were raped and humiliated by Turks, and their faces are similar to those of Turks with high noses and deep eyes.The previous dynasty was quite harsh on them, and many mixed-bloods went to the grasslands and joined the Turkic tribes.In this dynasty, starting from the ancestors of the Yan family, they adopted a softer policy towards them.During the period when Yanzhengyuan was guarding the northern border, many mixed bloods were doing small business in the border towns, living a peaceful life, and there were not a few of them who joined the Yan family army.

Under such circumstances, it is not uncommon for a foreign face to appear in the city.But when Zheng Yi was walking on the road that day, he inexplicably felt that a man passing by beside him looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.Think again, it is in the Turkic army!

He actually has no evidence, just some vague memories.It was also because of the special period that he would rather kill by mistake than let him go. Zheng Yi took the man back for interrogation, and it turned out that the man was from Turkic.But if you want to talk about what kind of dealings you have had with Zheng Yi before, it is only that the two sides have participated in the same war earlier.

"If it's for other reasons, that's fine. But tell me, those two look familiar. One looks like Yun Ge, and the other looks like the emperor." Zheng Gong said, "If that's really the case..."

Zheng Yi held his breath.

Zheng Gong pondered for a while, then said, "We have to find a way to try."

Zheng Yi's eyelids twitched, and he asked, "Father?"

Zheng Gong looked at his son and ordered: "Since this matter is not certain, it is not convenient to talk to the general for the time being. But it is also very important. In this way, you can tell me about the scene on that day in Shangyuan again."

After hearing this, Zheng Yi knew that his father had made up his mind.

He settled down and spoke eloquently.Not only did he talk about his short conversation with those two suspected Yan Yunge and the emperor, but he also talked about what he saw and heard on the main street and the side street.Zheng Gong occasionally jotted down a note on the paper next to him. When Zheng Yi finished speaking, he looked at the paper for a while, and then looked at his son: "Okay, you go back and rest first. What happened today—"

"Guo Xin doesn't know yet." Zheng Yi said, "I didn't mean to hide it from him, but he believed me very much and didn't ask any more questions."

Zheng Gong nodded and didn't say any more.

Lu Mingyu knew nothing about the conversation between Zheng's father and son.In fact, after several days of tension and worry, he had completely let go of the encounter with Zheng and Guo on the Lantern Festival.

When we met that day, neither Yan Yunge nor him spoke with their real voices.During this time, there was no other movement from the Yan family.What I thought before was that I was too suspicious.

With this in mind, when Zheng Gong brought up the case again in court several months after the "poisoning" of the mad palace maid was finalized, Lu Mingyu rarely lost his mind.

He listened to the other party's words, his cheeks were stiff, and he didn't respond for a while.

What Zheng Gong said today was his son, together with Guo Mu's son, who had overheard a conversation on the day of Lantern Festival.Zheng Yi and Guo Xin didn't think there was anything wrong at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that something was wrong.

The so-called "dialogue" was of course made up, but other things, from the jugglers on the street to the lifelike lanterns hanging in front of the booth, were all seen by Lu Mingyu that day.

Hearing Zheng Gong's voice, he felt chills all over his body, thinking: Did Zheng Yi and Guo Xin really hear this that day? ... Several pharmacists were talking about it, saying that when winter just started last year, a strange person came to the shop and asked them to change a prescription of rat poison.It is still necessary to poison the materials that kill rats, but it needs to be able to bring down a scalper.Because he couldn't tell what to do, he was rejected by his own doctor.

No.

Lu Mingyu quickly calmed down.

If this matter is false, it means that he has revealed his flaws.At this time, let alone show timidity.

The guilty ones should be the Zheng family.Zheng Gong wants to investigate, so let him investigate!Let's see what he can find out.

If it's true, that's even better, it has nothing to do with me, it's just some ordinary people's conspiracy.

After thinking this through, Lu Mingyu calmed down and said in a deep voice, "Is there such a thing?"

Zheng Gong cupped his hands against the eyes of a group of colleagues, and said: "Yes. Zheng Yi only remembered it when he was out of the palace yesterday, and he was busy talking to the general. It was also a coincidence that the time mentioned by the pharmacy clerk was the same. The source of the children's medicine is also suspicious, so the last general has the courage to ask His Majesty to reopen the case."

"Okay." Above the ninth step, the Son of Heaven said in a deep voice, "Where is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment?"

A middle-aged man stood up: "The minister is here."

Lu Mingyu instructed: "Since Zheng Yi and Guo Xin heard this from outside the palace, this is your job. Zheng Gong, let the two major generals go to the Ministry of Punishment first, and find the pharmacist who spoke that day. Come out. How to check in the future, Shangguan Jie, do you know?"

Asked this way, the person whose name was called naturally couldn't shake his head.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment surrendered and took the order.

When he walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall, Guo Mu couldn't wait to say: "Old Zheng! You just said—"

Zheng Gong took a deep breath, shook his head, and looked at Yan Zhengyuan.

Yan Zhengyuan was also disturbed by what Zheng Gongchao said.But he knew rationally that if the facts were true, Zheng Gong would not fail to communicate with himself in advance.There must be another reason for doing this now.

Half an hour later, a group of people gathered in the General's Mansion again.

After Zheng Gong finished talking about the past, he let out a long sigh, and said again: "At first, I thought that if Zheng Yi's thoughts were true, the emperor would have to reveal his flaws. I didn't expect that it would be such a result."

The attitude and performance of the emperor are impeccable.Zheng Gong had to start thinking in another direction.Perhaps his son was so sad about the death of his friend that he had some illusions.

He was ashamed and reflected: "General, I really shouldn't make my own decisions."

Guo Mu sighed, while Yan Zhengyuan remained silent.

Seeing this, Zheng Gong felt even more ashamed.The general was already in great grief, but he tore open the wound in the general's heart. It's not true!

He had already started to think about how to plead guilty, at this time, Yan Zhengyuan slowly said: "When Yun Ge was buried, I regretted that I couldn't put him in the funeral clothes with my own hands."

Zheng Gong was stunned, and Guo Mu was also stunned.

They heard the meaning behind Yan Zhengyuan's words.

It turned out that Yan Zhengyuan also had doubts about bringing back a crucified coffin from the palace.It's just that he knew the relationship between Yan Yunge and the emperor before, so he didn't think much about it.Suspicion arose now, and many previous convictions were instantly overturned.

"It's a pity that it's worth it."

In the end, Yan Zhengyuan said calmly.