Dressed as Su Peisheng

Kangxi 41 years

Siyefu

In the east small courtyard, the night was getting darker, the room was lit with white wax, the fourth elder brother was leaning on the couch, his brows were deeply locked.

Su Weituan was on the other side of the couch, fiddling with a copper nine-link ring, which made jingling sounds from time to time.

Unknowingly, the sound of clappers from the second watch came from outside, Su Wei yawned big, propped himself up, walked around the kang table, and climbed to the side of the fourth elder brother, "Master, go to sleep, I have to go to court tomorrow morning .”

The fourth elder brother calmed down, turned his head to look at Su Wei, and stretched out his arms to hug him.

With sleepy eyes, Su Wei leaned his back on the fourth elder brother and smacked his lips, "Is the master still thinking about Wei Qin's confession? If it was really ordered by Suo'etu, we can't do anything about him for a while."

The fourth elder brother sighed, "You're right, I'm just a little puzzled and emotional... No matter what the reason behind this incident is, or what the truth is, Wen Xian is the most innocent one. Being carried away from Er Niang's side, and because she was a girl, she had to be treated coldly. Now that she finally got married in a good way, she ended up like this."

"Master..." Su Wei looked up at the fourth elder brother.

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows, thinking back to his sister on the sick bed, "At the end of his life, Wen Xian already guessed that he was murdered by others, but what he cared most about was whether his son-in-law was involved. However, even if it is found out that the Tong family is not The mastermind, are they not responsible for Wen Xian's death? The forehead she missed so much, did she really take her to heart for a moment. But as my brother, I promised everything, but in the end I found that I couldn't do anything. can not do this."

Su Wei pursed the corners of his lips, lowered his head and tugged at the fourth elder brother's fingers, "For some things, I just need to do my best. When you are in the court, you will be involuntary to some extent, not to mention, you are still the prince of the Qing Dynasty."

"Prince of the Qing Dynasty," the fourth elder brother laughed at himself, put his hands on his knees, and turned his head to look out the window.

A seemingly peaceful night was awakened by the exclamation of a porter in the suburbs of Beijing when the morning glow was slightly dew.

In the early morning, the governor of Jingzhao presented the blood letter Liu Wen left on his cuff - "Ming"!

Liu Wen worked in the Tong Mansion, and all the doctors in Beijing knew about it, and the post-mortem officer happened to know him.The governor of Jingzhao thought of the recent death of Princess Wen Xian, and felt that this matter was not trivial, and that she died at the feet of the emperor, so he reported it in court in the early morning.

Hearing this, the fourth elder brother frowned slightly, the eldest elder brother lowered his head and couldn't see his expression, but Nalan Mingzhu was quite calm.

Tong Guowei took the lead in kneeling down and said, "My Majesty, I have always been concerned about the reason for the princess's weakness, and I am also investigating this matter recently. According to reports from the servants in the mansion, the princess had a cold before and took medicine from doctor Liu Wen in the mansion. When I sent people to investigate Liu Wen, I found that his family was missing. I didn't expect that he was killed in the suburbs of Beijing just a few days later. Your Majesty, it seems that the death of the princess is not simple. I am afraid, there must be someone Instigated Liu Wen to murder the emperor's descendants in an attempt to frame Tong Jia's family, and please ask the emperor to learn from him."

Seeing this, Dai Suo'etu, the Hesheli family Xinyu who was leading the minister of the bodyguards, came out and said, "Master Tong's report is likely to be evasive. Princess Wenxian is weak. It started from the princess mansion. This victim was killed." Dr. Liu works in the Tong Mansion again. Speaking of it, Tong Jia's suspicion is the biggest."

Tong Guowei glanced at Xinyu, then turned his head and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it is an honor for the old ministers to marry the princess to Tong Jia. Is there any reason why the ministers will ignore the princess's life and let Tong Jia fall into the crime of murdering the emperor's descendants?" where?"

Lord Kangxi lowered his eyes, staring at the memorial presented by Jing Zhaoyin in his hand, but said nothing.

Tong Guowei showed his expression, and continued, "Don't dare to lie to the Holy Majesty, Jing Zhaoyin's report today reminded me of something. When I was investigating Liu Wen's whereabouts a few days ago, I found out that Liu Wen had been pawned in a pawnshop in Bao'an. There are quite a few valuable things, among them is a celadon painted phoenix amphora, under which someone left a treasure of calligraphy. After the officials searched for someone to identify, the characters were written by Nalan Xingde, the late imperial guard."

At this point, Nalan Mingzhu could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, so she walked slowly, "Your Majesty, you know that my subject Nalan Xingde has a rather small name among literati, and the calligraphy left behind is not difficult to find among the people. Now only With just a few words, it is unbelievable to attribute this matter to the ministers and others."

As soon as Nalan Mingzhu finished speaking, all the courtiers were silent for a while.

Lord Kangxi handed Jing Zhaoyin's booklet to Liang Jiugong who was beside him, and said in a downcast voice, "Wen Xian died of illness in Saibei, and now I and the Queen Mother are still sad from time to time, so I really don't want to mention it. Die, the ministers really made a fuss out of a molehill, this matter is left to the Jingzhao Mansion to investigate slowly, don't make a scene all over the city, lest the Queen Mother find out and hurt the Phoenix's body."

"The ministers are terrified, and I would like to obey the sacred order," all the ministers knelt down to accept the order, and the emperor immediately withdrew from the court.

Outside the gate of Qianqing, the courtiers walked away in twos and threes.

Nalan Mingzhu walked to Tong Guowei's side step by step, and said in a cold tone, "Old Tong, today is really a crime of wanting to commit crimes, so there is nothing wrong with it."

Tong Guowei turned his head to look at Nalan Mingzhu, and a sneer emerged from the corner of his mouth, "What did the Prime Minister say? Liu Wen's last words and the vases in the pawn shop are all well-founded. What's more, the old man just played it based on the facts. , did not say that it was ordered by Mingxiang."

Nalan Mingzhu narrowed his eyes, and spoke calmly, "This old man already knows about this matter, Mr. Tong should take care of it."

The fourth elder brother came out of the Rijing Sect, Su Wei rushed up to meet him, and said in a low voice, "Master, is something wrong? I can see that the ministers are talking about it."

The fourth elder brother nodded solemnly, "That Dr. Liu is dead—"

"Fourth brother," the fourth elder brother was interrupted by a call from behind, and the fourteenth elder brother hurried up, "Fourth elder brother, was fifth sister really killed by someone? What's going on? "

The fourth elder brother sighed, "As you can see, the fourth brother doesn't know much. Wen Xian's health was not good before heatstroke. If he wasn't too weak, he wouldn't have lost his life because of the heat."

"Then," Yinzhen's eyes turned cold, "Who did it?"

The fourth elder brother pursed his lips and shook his head, "I don't know now, it still needs to be investigated, so don't get involved in this matter, take good care of Er Niang in the palace, don't let Er Niang know about Wen Xian .”

"But—" Before Yinti finished speaking, he was stared coldly by the fourth elder brother, and finally bit his lip and nodded.

On the carriage back home, the fourth elder brother didn't speak, and Su Wei didn't ask any more questions. He just gradually realized that some major events in history began to slowly turn around.

That night, Zhang Bao was ordered to bandage Wei Qin's wound, wash his body, and prepare to send him back to Tai Hospital the next day.Fu Nai's people are quite experienced in torture, and there is no visible injury on the tortured person from the surface.

Su Wei learned from the fourth elder brother that Liu Wen's death and Tong Guowei's investigation all pointed to Nalan Mingzhu in the end, which was quite different from what they learned from Wei Qin.

"Why did you send Wei Qin away now?" Su Wei was a little puzzled, "What if Wei Qin is lying? The clues left by Liu Wen before his death should not be false, maybe Wei Qin was bought by Nalan Mingzhu .”

The fourth elder brother shook his head slowly, "If Nalan Mingzhu wants to frame Suo'etu, wouldn't it be more convenient to use Liu Wen? It's too easy to be neglected here in Wei Qin. Moreover, Liu Wen escaped before because he moved his family, but now only He was found alone and there is no news from his family so far."

Su Wei scratched his head, "You mean, Suo Etu ordered Liu Wen to poison the princess, and then threatened his family to plant Nalan Mingzhu when he was dying?"

The fourth elder brother nodded, "This layout is not perfect, and the evidence is also vague. The result can only be judged by Huang Ama. But no matter what, it is impossible for Tong Jia to rely on the elder brother now. Tong Guowei and Nalan Mingzhu have changed from mutual support to mutual hostility, and it has to be said that the crown prince and Suo'etu have benefited the most."

Su Wei raised his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said with a bitter face, "Then, is the existence of Wei Qin really Suo'etu's negligence? Why do I feel that I am unlikely to be smarter than those old foxes in the court?"

The fourth elder brother didn't hold back, "puchi" laughed, "No matter how smart a person is, there are times when a hundred secrets are kept secret. Besides, the person who bought Wei Qin was not a subordinate of Suo Xiangfu, even if Wei Qin detected the background In the future, there will be no sufficient evidence to implicate Suo'etu. Just like now, the words left by Liu Wen, and the calligraphy of Nalan Xingde under the vase cannot overthrow the Nalan Pearl. In the same way, Wei Qin's one-sided words are also Suo'etu cannot be moved. So whether he was negligent or intentional, it is not impossible to confuse the eyes. But it did open the door and let us touch the truth."

Su Wei blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and moved closer to the fourth elder brother, "Since the master believes that Suo'etu did it, what do you want to do next?"

The fourth elder brother looked up at Su Wei, and sighed softly, "Before, I wanted to hand over Wei Qin to Huang Ama. But today in court, Huang Ama's attitude was flat and indifferent, and she pushed the matter away with a few words." It was given to Jingzhao Mansion. You must know that Tong Jia and Nalan Mingzhu were involved in this case. They are all dignitaries in the court, and Jingzhao Mansion's power cannot be investigated. So I think Huang Ama is not There is no intention to delve into this matter. Wei Qin's confession will make Wen Xian's death more complicated, not to mention letting Suo'etu know, I am afraid he will take the opportunity to bite back. At the end of the conversation, I feel a little lonely.

Su Wei patted the fourth elder brother's shoulder reassuringly, and the half-hanging stone in his heart fell to the ground temporarily, "Master did the right thing, make a decision before making a move, we are not Suo'etu's opponents now, it is better to wait for the right time."

The fourth elder brother looked at Su Wei, the corner of his mouth curled up, "I didn't expect you to say that."

Su Wei laughed at himself and lowered his head. People are selfish. Compared with the safety of the fourth elder brother, Princess Wen Xian's innocent victims have been downplayed by him.