Master of Rebirth

"Things are done well, and I will definitely reward you a lot." In the East Palace, the prince looked at the fake brocade and said with a smile on his face: "The situation in Zhengxihou's Mansion is special these few days, so it can only make you hard."

Fake Jinli hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness is a subordinate, this is a matter of the subordinate's duty. Now Lord Hou has returned to the mansion, I believe that in a few days, other brothers will also be able to regain their freedom. I just don't know How is Hou Ye doing recently? Hou Ye asked his subordinates to bring some snacks to the little Hou Ye, I wonder if I can show my face to the little Hou Ye?"

"Brother Jing is still thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors, so it's inconvenient to see you. Leave the snacks, and I'll give them to him for you." The prince smiled and said, "Go back and tell Lord Hou so that he can rest assured. Brother Jing go back."

After hearing this, Fake Jinli did not insist, but said: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

"Okay, you have worked hard these few days, go back and rest early." The prince waved his hand.

Signaling the entourage behind him to hand over the snack box to the servant of the East Palace, Jia Jinli saluted the prince respectfully, "Then my subordinate will leave."

After Fake Jinli left, Zhao Jing walked in from the side door.When the prince saw him, he sent all the people in the house out.

Looking at Zhao Jingyan puzzled, Zhao Jing asked: "His Royal Highness, since we already know that he is a traitor, and we have found out a few other accomplices, why haven't we closed the net? It will save you a long night of dreams."

"This matter can't be rushed, we have to take a long time to catch big fish." Zhao Jingyan said earnestly: "After Shen Yutang entered Dali Temple, Fake Jinli didn't contact her. I'm afraid there is someone else who tipped Shen Yutang. If we tell Shen Yutang now If he catches them, he will definitely scare the snakes. At that time, if you want to follow the vines and catch them all, it will only be more difficult."

Zhao Jing said in disapproval: "Although what His Royal Highness said is reasonable, the situation is different now. Right now we only know that this person is pretending to be Jinli, but we don't know anything about his real identity and appearance. This person is insidious. Cunning, if something happened to make him run away, looking for it later would undoubtedly be like finding a needle in a haystack. Instead of this, it would be better to capture him earlier, as long as he is in hand, the rest can always be interrogated. "

"Your master outside the palace has already figured out the accomplices in the false brocade, you have nothing to worry about." Patting Zhao Jing on the shoulder, the prince smiled and comforted: "Besides, your Master's martial arts are superb, and the people under his command are also capable. With them around, I will definitely not look down on you."

"But..." Although he has confidence in Zhou Pin, Zhao Jing still has concerns.

Seeing that he was still full of worries, Zhao Jingyan was obviously really worried, so he smiled and said: "If you are really worried, I will send some people to watch over. With your master and the masters of the Eastern Palace around, no one will run away. .”

The reason why he didn't send more people to watch the fake Jinli at the beginning was because he was afraid of being discovered by him.Fortunately, Zhou Pin has a high level of martial arts, and he has a few trustworthy people under his command.Although it was hard work, it was barely manageable.Now that I have almost touched everything that needs to be touched, I don't have so many worries.At worst, if you find something is wrong, just arrest people directly.Besides, the presence of people from the Eastern Palace can also help Zhou Pin to share a lot of pressure.Even if something went wrong, Zhou Pin couldn't be blamed.

"Since His Highness the Crown Prince has already made arrangements, this subordinate will obey." Zhao Jing had no choice but to agree.

Seeing that he didn't insist, Zhao Jingyan didn't show it on the face, but he was silently relieved in his heart.

"His Royal Highness, I took the snacks my father gave me." Zhao Jing walked to the side of the food box, and couldn't wait to open the lid to take a look.

Zhao Jingyan didn't stop him, but said with a smile: "You are not such a greedy person. Seeing that you are in a hurry, can the dim sum in the East Palace be inferior to your Zhengxihou's Mansion?"

"His Royal Highness misunderstood." Wang Qi quickly explained: "I haven't seen my father for a long time. After all, these snacks are his wishes. I'm just..."

"Okay, okay, I know you are filial." Raising his hand to interrupt Wang Qi, Zhao Jingyan said seriously: "It's not that I don't want to give it to you. Just get a drug test."

Hearing this, Zhao Jing was taken aback, then put the lid on the box again, cupped his hands at Zhao Jingyan and said, "It's because the subordinates were negligent, or His Royal Highness is thoughtful."

"It's good that you can understand." Zhao Jingyan said with a smile: "You go back to rest first, and after the drug test is over, I'll have some snacks delivered to your room."

"Then thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince." After saluting, Zhao Jing went down.

After Zhao Jing left, Zhao Jingyan immediately got up and walked to the snack box.The lid was opened, and there were indeed several plates of snacks inside.Zhao Jingyan took out all the plates, carefully checked every corner of the box, and found no suspicious items such as notes, and then set his sights on the pieces of dim sum.I broke each dim sum into small pieces, but still found nothing.Unwilling to give up, Zhao Jingyan went to check the lid of the box to see if there was any interlayer inside.

When the fifth prince, Zhao Jingyu, came in, he saw Zhao Jingyan tossing the snack box over and over again, the surroundings were in a mess, and there were snack scum everywhere.

"Brother Prince," Zhao Jingyu called softly.

Turning around and seeing Zhao Jingyu coming in, Zhao Jingyan put down the snack box with some embarrassment, and said, "You're here, sit down quickly."

He recruited his confidants to clean up the mess, and ordered him to remake the desserts according to the style of the Zhengxihou Mansion, and send them to Zhao Jing with an identical food box. Then Zhao Jingyan looked at Zhao Jingyu and said, "It's all at this time. Now, why are you here?"

"Chendi just came over from Jingdi, so I wanted to come and see you." Zhao Jingyu said with some disapproval: "Prince brother, these years, Jingdi has been loyal to you, and the emperor has also tried his best to assist you. You must Are you so wary of them?"

After hearing this, Zhao Jingyan showed embarrassment, and immediately said: "I don't want to do this either, it's just in case."

"Then what did you find?" Zhao Jingyu continued to ask.

Zhao Jingyan knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't answer, but changed the subject with a smile, "You came to find me for something."

"I want to persuade you." Zhao Jingyu did not continue to embarrass him, but said: "Brother Prince, I think what Brother Jing said makes sense. Fake Jinli is good at changing appearances, and the city is deep. If you let him Changing their appearance, I am afraid it will be difficult to catch them. Zhou Daxia has been watching them for several days, and the person who should show up has already shown up, why are you still unwilling to arrest them?"

The prince said in a deep voice, "This is the meaning of the father."

"I don't understand, why did the father do this?" Zhao Jingyu said in puzzlement: "Is it because the fake Jinli didn't contact Shen Yutang who entered Dali Temple? Maybe Shen Yutang has no use for the fake Jinli. If it's worth it, there's no need to contact him. If Emperor Father really minds, wouldn't it be more convenient to just arrest him for interrogation?"

Sighing, Zhao Jingyan said: "You are still too young to see clearly Father's intentions. Shen Yutang is just an excuse. For Father, it is more useful to stay outside in the fake brocade."

"What's the use?" Zhao Jingyu was even more confused.

Zhao Jingyan said patiently: "Think about it, what did this fake Jinli do?"

"Except for exposing the emperor's uncle's private possession of Wang Qi, and provoking the relationship between Zhengxihou's Mansion and Dingbeihou's Mansion, it seems that he didn't do anything." Zhao Jingyu said something casually, seeing Zhao Jingyan looking at him with a serious face. I suddenly had an idea, "Oh, could it be..."

Nodding his head, the prince said in a deep voice: "The most important thing for an emperor is to check and balance. You can't let one side dominate, and you must strictly prevent them from forming a clique for personal gain. Zheng Xihou and Dingbeihou have high prestige in the army, and they were originally equally divided. It's a pity that Dingbeihou was sunk The family was in trouble, and Zheng Xihou was successful in rescuing him, and he was in the limelight. What Fake Jinli did not only successfully provoked the relationship between them, but also completely tore apart the two people who were originally at odds. It also suppressed Zheng The arrogance of the Xihou Mansion made the emperor take back the military power. Therefore, it is more beneficial for us to have the fake Jinli outside."

"Father's move is really clever, but... hey..." Thinking of Zhao Rui and Zhou Ying's loyalty to the emperor all their lives, and being so jealous, Zhao Jingyu sighed leisurely.He continued: "Brother Prince, now that Emperor Father's goal has been achieved, you should persuade him to arrest Fake Jinli earlier. Thinking that that person might have something to do with Wu Zhu and the others, I get goosebumps all over my body. I'm afraid that stealing chickens won't make a lot of money, but let him design us."

Zhao Jingyan said: "It's not the time yet."

"Not yet?" Zhao Jingyu was even more puzzled, "The two princes have already quarreled, and the emperor's uncle has also handed over the military power. What else does the father want to do?"

Zhao Jingyan said in a deep voice: "There is also Wang Qi. What the father means is that if Marquis Dingbei doesn't know what to do, he will design to have Wang Qi killed in the fake Jinli. If Wang Qi dies in the hands of the fake Jinli, Brother Jing will also die Can't blame others."

Although Zhao Jingyu is not the smartest, he is not stupid either.After thinking about it for a while, he understood the reason, and his face sank.

"But Brother Prince, are you really going to kill Wang Qi? Yes, his skill in forging the imperial decree is quite worrying, but without him, the emperor would not be able to bring the forbidden army into the palace to rescue us in time. Didn't you promise Brother Jing, will you beg Father to spare Wang Qi's life? You are not joking!" Zhao Jingyu pleaded: "Didn't you always support Brother Jing and Wang Qi to be together? Why do you want to change your mind now?"

Sighing heavily, the crown prince said: "I promised brother Jing to intercede with the emperor, but I didn't guarantee that I would be able to save Wang Qi. Besides, one moment and another. If Wang Qi is an ordinary person, I will naturally be happy." They. Unfortunately..."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jingyan, who has always been upright, also learned such a rogue behavior of biting words, Zhao Jingyu was quite helpless.It has to be said that Wang Qi's masterful counterfeiting skills are indeed dreadful.Although I feel sorry for Zhao Jing, Zhao Jingyu can also understand Zhao Jingyan's difficulties.

"Brother Prince, Brother Jing and you met in the army. At that time you were an unfavored prince, and Brother Jing was just an ordinary soldier. You have told me more than once that you are in the most lonely place. We met each other when we were young, and we have both suffered the same hardships, so we can understand each other better. Over the years, you have supported each other, and you have survived many storms, and you are brothers who can rest assured that you will hand over your back to each other. Now you are about to get what you want , why did this relationship deteriorate instead?" Zhao Jingyu persuaded: "Brother Jing has always been loyal to you, without the full support of him and Zheng Xihou, we would not be able to bring down the Seventh Prince. You can no longer trust him Once?"

Facing Zhao Jingyu's questioning, Zhao Jingyan stood up and said in a deep voice, "It's not that I don't believe him, but that he doesn't trust me first. If he really believed me, he shouldn't have concealed Wang Qi's forgery of the imperial decree. I almost The next time I asked him how the person who forged the imperial decree died, he always played sloppy with me. I have to find out the truth through my father."

"But..." Zhao Jingyu wanted to say something more, but Zhao Jingyan raised his hand and interrupted him, "Stop talking, I'm tired, you go back."

Seeing that Zhao Jingyan really looked tired, Zhao Jingyu had no choice but to get up and leave.

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"Young Lord, the dim sum has been experienced and it is not poisonous." The servant of the East Palace put the dim sum box on the table in front of Zhao Jing, and smiled apologetically, "His Royal Highness asked the servant to bring it to you."

Zhao Jing said politely, "I'm sorry."

After the waiter left, Zhao Jing opened the lid of the box and took out the snacks inside.

Picking up a piece and looking at it, there are indeed several holes in it, obviously pierced with silver needles.After taking a bite, Zhao Jing smiled.This dim sum was not sent from the Zhengxihou Mansion, it should be made in the small kitchen of the East Palace.

Ma Pozi propped up Linglong Zhai with one hand, and the dim sum she made was naturally a must.After Zhao Jing entered Zhengxihou's Mansion, Ma Pozi once instructed the cooks in Zhengxihou's Mansion.Therefore, the dim sum in Zhengxihou's Mansion is quite a true biography of Mrs. Ma, even if it is the same dim sum, the taste is quite different from other places.

Because Zhao Rui didn't need to use snacks to socialize, so not many people knew about it.How could Zhao Jing not be able to tell the difference between Mrs. Ma and the snacks made by the mansion for so many years?I'm afraid the prince was afraid that they would hide things like notes in the dim sum, so he might as well change the dim sum.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jing couldn't help but sigh.He has been with the prince for many years and has been doing his best.Unexpectedly, the crown prince was wary of him after all the hard work.

With a chuckle, Zhao Jing didn't feel too sad.Zhao Rui's lessons from the past are vivid in his memory, and he never imagined that he would be different and could become a true friend with the emperor.Besides, the prince's suspicion is not wronged him, Zhao Rui really wanted to convey the news to him with snacks.It's just that Zhao Rui was more cautious, anticipating the prince's methods.

There are five kinds of dim sum in the food box, namely cherry cake, muddy date cake, wife cake, fermented glutinous rice balls and candied fruit.Some of these snacks are his favorites, and some he has barely touched, but he knows them.Zhao Jing knew that Zhao Rui would not choose these kinds of snacks randomly, there must be deep meanings in them.

Cherry crisps, muddy date cakes, wife cakes, fermented glutinous rice balls, and candied fruit, the first words are "cherry, mud, old, wine, honey".

Zhao Jing loves Zhouji's candied fruit the most. Everyone in Zhengxihou's Mansion knows that he likes it, and they usually go to Zhouji to buy it.So the candied fruit should be Zhouji candied fruit, and the last word is "Zhou".

When the word "Zhou" was mentioned, Zhao Jing's heart moved, and he quickly reconnected these words and repeated them several times, "Zhou Yingni Old Wine... Zhou Yingni Lao... Zhou Yingji Wife... Zhou Ying save your wife!"

Although he was very satisfied with Zhao Rui's use of "your wife" to describe Wang Qi, Zhao Jing's mood was still very complicated after getting this code.

As early as when she learned that Wang Qi had forged the false imperial decree, Zhao Jing immediately went to find Zhao Rui.Fortunately, Zhao Rui was kind and didn't intend to sacrifice Wang Qi.

After the two discussed it, they both felt that this matter should not be exposed, once the emperor found out, Wang Qi would definitely not survive.At that time, even the prince may not be willing to stand by their side.At that time, the two of them made a lot of predictions and deduced all the possible outcomes. In the end, they both felt that if something happened, he would definitely beg for Wang Qi's life. He would kill Wang Qi himself, but pretended to sell favors, and then killed people with a knife.At that time, Zhao Rui said that if it really came to that point, he could try to win over the borrower, or simply send a borrower there.

It's a pity that before they had time to discuss the future, Madam Ma made a fuss, and the Zhengxihou Mansion was quickly sealed off. Zhao Rui and Zhao Jing were also imprisoned in the palace, cutting off contact with the outside world. .At that time, Zhao Jing was almost not crazy. After learning that Wang Qi was not executed immediately, but was imprisoned in the Internal Punishment Court, he was a little relieved.

Zhao Jing knew that they might have guessed right, the emperor really did not intend to kill Wang Qi himself, and Zhou Ying was the one who borrowed the knife.I just don't know how Zhao Rui persuaded Zhou Ying.

Although he has a big prejudice against Zhou Ying, Zhao Jing doesn't care so much now.As long as he can save Wang Qi's life, he doesn't care who the other party is.Besides, Zhao Jing had to admit that if Zhao Rui could really persuade Zhou Ying, it would be an excellent choice.Because no matter from which aspect, it is impossible for the emperor to believe that Zhou Ying would release Wang Qi privately.

After calmly eating a little bit of every snack, Zhao Jing asked people to withdraw.Now in the East Palace, his every move is closely monitored.If there is anything abnormal, someone must report it to the emperor and prince.Zhao Jing rested for a while, seeing that it was almost time, he went to bed.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Jing was woken up.

"Young Lord, His Royal Highness, please go to the main hall right away." Although the servant of the Eastern Palace looked guilty, he did not hesitate in his actions.While ordering people to light the lamp, he quickly picked up the clothes and prepared to wait for Zhao Jing to get dressed.

Ever since Zhao Jing entered the East Palace, although the servants were watching secretly, they had never been so rude on the surface.Looking at this posture, it can be seen that the prince is urging urgently, and something big must happen.

Zhao Jing immediately stood up and asked, "Did something happen?"

"This servant doesn't know either." The waiter said, "You should hurry over there, His Highness and Fifth Highness are already waiting."

Knowing that something must have happened, Zhao Jing's heart sank.He didn't dare to delay, so he tidied up a little and passed.

When we arrived at the main hall, not only the crown prince and fifth prince, but also several cronies of the East Palace were there.

"Your Highness, what happened?" Zhao Jing hurriedly asked after greeting the crown prince and fifth prince.

Zhao Jingyan sat at the head with a sullen face and did not speak.

Zhao Jingyu took over the conversation and said: "Let me tell the story, Brother Jing, something happened..."

It turned out that after leaving the palace in Jinli today, something was wrong.Fortunately, Zhou Pin became vigilant, observed carefully, found that he was about to run away, and immediately sent a letter to the prince.After the people from Donggong arrived, they immediately arrested Fake Jinli.Fake Jinli saw that something was wrong, so he committed suicide by taking poison.

"Fake Jinli's vigilance is very high, and he took the poison as soon as he saw something wrong. The poison was hidden in his teeth in advance, and it was very poisonous, so he couldn't be saved." Zhao Jingyu said in great frustration: "Now Daxia Zhou is leading people Catch the other accomplices in Fake Jinli, hoping to catch someone alive."

If it was just False Jinli who committed suicide in fear of crime, the prince would not have such an ugly face, Zhao Jing hurriedly asked: "Do you know the real identity of False Jinli?"

"That's the trouble." Zhao Jingyu was so anxious that he was about to cry. "At that time, the guards of the Eastern Palace uncovered the mask on his face and found that it was actually a little eunuch in the Eastern Palace. But this is impossible. After Jinli left, the little eunuch has been in the palace, and someone saw him before dinner."

Zhao Jing immediately understood, and couldn't help but "thump" in his heart, "So, Fake Jinli changed identities with that little eunuch in the palace. The little eunuch left the palace for him, and he stayed in the palace all the time?"

"It was my negligence." Zhao Jingyan's tone was full of regret, "It's not convenient for Zhou Daxia to enter the palace for surveillance. I thought that there would be nothing wrong with the fake Jinli in the palace, so I took it lightly. I didn't expect that he didn't think about going to the outer city." Run away, but want to stay in the palace."

The reason why they closely monitor the every move of Jia Jinli is to find out his accomplices and purpose, and the second is to prevent him from escaping.No one thought that the ultimate goal of Fake Jinli was to stay in the palace.

Zhao Jing hurriedly said: "Since we know who he pretended to be in the palace, have you found that eunuch?"

"I've already looked for it, but unfortunately I didn't find it." Zhao Jingyu smiled bitterly: "The guards in the palace found a man's body in the well of the imperial garden instead. It was not more than two hours after his death. His face was scratched and he couldn't see it. The appearance is clear, the body is also clean, I can't tell the identity at all, and I don't know which palace it belongs to."

Knowing what this meant, Zhao Jing immediately broke out in a layer of cold sweat. He was shocked and said: "That is to say, Fake Jinli may pretend to be any servant or guard lurking in the palace. It may be in the East Palace, or there may be some Maybe by the emperor's side..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces were not good-looking.There are a large number of people in the palace, and there must be thousands of guards and eunuchs in total.If the fake Jinli is really mixed in, it will happen in a while, it's really hard to check.

"Your Highness, the most urgent task right now is to have someone you trust immediately investigate the close servants and guards in the palace to see if anyone has been replaced by a disguise. Especially the emperor and the people around you should focus on investigation." Zhao Jing Immediately said.

After hearing this, Zhao Jingyu also said: "Brother Prince, what Brother Jing said is very true. Now I can't care about other things, protecting the safety of the emperor and you is the most important thing."

Zhao Jingyan stood up and said seriously: "You guys follow me."

Then, the whole palace boiled.

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In the Inner Punishment Court, Wang Qi was suddenly awakened by a nightmare. He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his brow, and looked out the fence in a daze.

The moonlight hits the garden through the branches, leaving a patch on the ground.The courtyard was quiet, but there were faint noises in the distance.Wang Qi couldn't help being puzzled, the palace was always quiet after dark.what is it today?In the middle of the night, what happened?

"Young master? Young master?" At this moment, a strange voice came from outside the fence.Wang Qi turned her head quickly, and by the moonlight, she vaguely saw a person who looked like a guard standing outside.

Wang Qi got up quickly, and saw that the man had quickly opened the chain on the fence, opened the door and walked in.She cupped her hands towards Wang Qi, and said humanely: "This subordinate is ordered by Lord Hou to rescue you."

Although Zhou Ying had greeted him beforehand, Wang Qi didn't trust him very much.Besides, Zhengxihou's Mansion has never sent a letter, and the current situation does not match what Zhou Ying said.

Wang Qi asked suspiciously: "Be clear, whose order did you follow?"

"Time is urgent, so I don't have time to explain so much." The man grabbed Wang Qi's wrist and pulled him outside, "In order to save you, Lord Hou has taken a great risk. The palace is busy right now. There is no time to manage the internal punishment court for arresting assassins. Mr. Wang, you must not let down the intention of Lord Hou. If we are caught, not only will all the hard work of Lord Hou be wasted, but many people will have to follow got implicated."

The man's hand was so strong that Wang Qi couldn't break free.Although there are doubts in my heart, the movement outside is not deceiving, so it can be seen that there is indeed a situation in the palace at this moment.Afraid of blaming others by mistake, Wang Qi didn't dare to make a scene to attract the guards and cause irreparable consequences, so she could only follow him out of the prison.

Along the way, Wang Qi saw a lot of people lying on the ground, all of them were guards from the Internal Punishment Court, and among them were guards who had been taking good care of him.

"Don't worry, they're just asleep and they'll wake up in two hours. There won't be any serious problems." Facing Wang Qi's worried gaze, the man grinned at him and said, "Young Master Wang, this way, This subordinate knows that a place is absolutely safe. You hide there for a few days, after the limelight passes, Master Hou will have his own way to send you out of the palace."

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At this time, Emperor Liang's sleeping hall was brightly lit.Not only the crown prince, fifth prince and Zhao Jing, but even Zhao Rui and Zhou Ying got the news and entered the palace to escort them.

"My Majesty, all the officials, maids and guards in the bedroom and the East Palace have been checked, and no one has been replaced by a disguise." The newly appointed commander of the imperial army knelt down in front of Emperor Liang with a serious face, and reported in a deep voice, "Mr. Those who are ready to investigate other palaces are only from the harem..."

Waking up in the middle of the night, and knowing that the traitor he raised as a fish had entered the palace with the intention of committing crimes, Emperor Liang's expression was also very unsightly.He coughed weakly a few times, and said: "You go and do it. If there is any resistance, you will be killed. Jing Yan, Jing Yu, and the harem, you also go to help."

"Yes." As soon as the prince and the fifth prince finished speaking, Qin Hui ran over in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good. Someone from the Internal Punishment Court just reported that all the guards guarding tonight have been fascinated." But, the repeat offender Wang Qi is gone!"

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The author has something to say:

In order to form a good code, I changed "jujube cake" to "jujube cake". In fact, I don't know if there is such a cake.