Wang Xian stood outside the hall for a while, and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was belatedly supported by the two little eunuchs. Speaking of which, this is the first time Wang Xian has met the prince in more than half a year, before Zhu Gaochi was ordered by his father to study behind closed doors, although the two have been in contact through secret channels, this is finally met.

It's just that when they face each other, the two have to pretend that they are not familiar with each other, and Wang Xian hurriedly salutes His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Wang Qing's family, please." Zhu Gao said softly: "Now that you are not in the East Palace, you must do a good job for the emperor, and you can't be half-hearted." ”

"The minister obeys the prince's teachings." Wang Xian naturally responded with a full mouth.

"The lone went first." Zhu Gaochi nodded at him, and was hobbled into the Golden Palace by two eunuchs.

"Your Highness, please!"

When the prince came to the main hall, he saw Zhu Di sitting on the dragon chair with an expressionless face, and the British Gong Zhang Fu sitting on the embroidered pier under the imperial steps. Seeing the prince come in, Zhang Fu hurriedly stood up.

"The son of the minister to meet his father......" As soon as Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Di, his excited cheeks trembled, broke free of the little eunuch's support, and fell to the ground tremblingly, "I haven't asked my father for half a year, but my father's dragon body has always been fine?" ”

As soon as Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaochi's fat body, it seemed to be fatter than half a year ago, and he was unhappy for a while, but after listening to the prince's words, the emperor sighed a little, no matter how bad it was, it was his own son, and he was indeed a little ruthless after not seeing him for half a year, so he slowed down and said: "I can eat and sleep, and my body is very good, but you are fat again." ”

"Erchen can't ......" mentioned this, Zhu Gaochi was depressed, he naturally knew that a strong soldier like his father and emperor didn't like it the most was his obese appearance. But there is really nowhere to reason about this, no matter how much others eat, they are not fat, but he drinks cold water and grows meat, and his legs and feet are not good, so he can't move, so he can only let his body develop horizontally. Pressing down on the sad matter, the prince hurriedly asked: "I don't know what instructions my father sent his sons and daughters to come, is there anything wrong with my sons?" ”

"You still don't know what's going on?" Zhu Di looked at the prince coldly.

"Erchen has been studying behind closed doors, and he has no way of knowing the outside world." Zhu Gaochi said busily.

Of course, Zhu Di knows that the gate of the prince's mansion has always been closed, and there have been no visitors in and out for half a year, but it doesn't mean that no one has entered or exited, let alone that there is no news coming in and out, so he doesn't believe that Zhu Gaochi will be so obedient and will not listen to what is going on outside the window! Such an idiot is not worthy of being the prince of the Ming Dynasty!

However, Zhu Di was not in the mood to beat him at this time, so he only snorted, did not poke the prince in person, but said in a low voice: "Your second brother was assassinated, and his life and death are still unknown......

"What?" Zhu Gaochi's fat face turned pale, and he changed from kneeling to sitting, speechless for a long time.

Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochi expressionlessly, wanting to see what he was thinking. Since Zhang Fu has received the holy decree, he naturally has to observe the prince steadily, judging from his countless eyes, the prince should be unprepared, and the whole person is in shock. I just don't know why Wang Xian, who is outside, doesn't wake up? Could it be that the kid deliberately kept it a secret from the prince in order to achieve such a non-performing effect? If that's the case, then this little youth is too scary.

Although Zhang Fu was ordered to observe the crown prince, he did not pay attention to the crown prince, he was already a very popular minister, hereditary replacement, and even future generations could not be promoted, so Zhang Fu did not have the slightest interest in getting involved in the affairs of the heavenly family. Compared to the crown prince, he was more interested in the rapid rise of Wang Xian. This newly popular boy was only heard about after he returned to Beijing, but it seems to have become a key point in influencing the court.

What's more, his younger brother, who is not a good weapon but still has some vision, admires this kid very much, and has already sold well to Wang Xian in Shanxi, and after returning to Beijing, he tries his best to befriend Wang Xian. Zhang Fu didn't want his younger brother to get too close to this kind of person who was branded as the prince, but Zhang Hui was like taking the wrong medicine, not to say that he was getting married to Wang Xian now, it was called sending charcoal in the snow and friends in trouble, once the prince sat firmly in his seat and then befriended him, the friendship would be worthless.

Zhang Fu knew that his younger brother was a little Jiujiu, although the emperor loved their brother very much, but there was only one hereditary duke, and his two younger brothers Zhang Hui and Zhang Xuan had no titles to attack, and only sealed the false position of commander. In addition, his parents went early, he led troops outside all the year round, and his two younger brothers were unsupervised in Beijing, and they all developed a lawless and unprofessional character. It wasn't until they were twenty or thirty years old that the family property they had when they split up was about to be lost, and the two of them were in a hurry.

However, as Zhang Yu's son and Zhang Fu's younger brother, it is still very easy to find a fat man who makes a fortune, Zhang Xuan won the position of the commander of Tian Cewei a few years ago, and there is a way to be poor and rich in martial arts, with this official position, the life of Zhang Xuan's family is naturally not a problem. But Zhang Hui disdained to beg those people, he wanted to find a developed path by himself.

Not long ago, Zhang Hui, Zhang Fu called him to the mansion and reprimanded him for spending all his days in Shanxi and spending too much money on lewdness, which disgraced his father's face, but Zhang Hui didn't care and said that he found a long-term meal ticket in Shanxi, and the glory and wealth of the rest of his life were guaranteed!

Zhang Hui's so-called long-term meal ticket naturally refers to the grandson, this kid can play first-class, and naturally he is very close to the grandson, if it weren't for Zhang Fu's urging, he would definitely accompany Zhu Zhanji in Shanxi to the end. Through the contact between Guò and Zhu Zhanji, Zhang Hui completely realized the weight of Wang Xian in the heart of the grandson, which was unshakable. Thinking about Wang Xian's methods again, Zhang Hui clearly sees that a powerful minister will rise in the future. Zhang Hui has no interest or ability to replace Wang Xian's position in the heart of the grandson, his method is to invest in Wang Xian, and the future return will definitely be ten times and a hundred times.

In all fairness, Zhang Fuzhen didn't want his younger brother to stand in line in the battle for the throne, but after all, brothers are not father and son, and what the younger brothers really want to do, he can't stop him as an elder brother. Zhang Hui can tell himself first, which is much better than the third child who accepts the gift of King Han without saying a word. It's just that now the third brother Zhang Xuan has become the person of the King of Han, and let the second brother get mixed with Wang Xian again, and these two younger brothers will not turn against each other? It's nerve-wracking!

"Wen Bi, what do you think?" Zhu Di finally took his eyes off the prince, although he said it lightly before, but the last thing he wanted to see was fratricide, but fortunately, observing Zhu Gaochi's expression, it was indeed an accident, and his suspicion could basically be ruled out. Seeing the prince's tears and worried, Zhu Di's mood was a little better...... The heart said that it seems that a few sons of evil usually fight for me to win the stumbling block, but if something really happens, it is still a brotherhood.

The emperor's call also brought Zhang Fu back to his senses, and said softly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't be overly sad, you are the eldest brother, at this time, you should take on the responsibility of the eldest brother, so that His Royal Highness the King of Han can get the best treatment and bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible." ”

"That's what the British said." Zhu Gaochi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Erchen begs my father for permission to let Erchen go to greet his younger brother." ”

"Go ahead, report back as soon as there is any situation." Zhu Di waved his sleeves, Zhu Gaochi kowtowed to thank him, and without waiting for the little eunuch to go up to the hall to help, he got up by himself and limped out.

When the prince's figure disappeared outside the Yitian Palace, Zhu Di's face gradually became gloomy and said, "You say, who is so bold that he dares to assassinate the King of Han?" ”

"This minister really doesn't dare to say anything." Zhang Fu smiled bitterly: "The minister has been in Jiaozhi for too long, and he is already very vague about the affairs of the capital. ”

"It's good to be vague, this is the need for people like you, who have nothing to do with them." Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "This case will be handed over to you to find out, be sure to find out, no matter what the truth is, let me know it clearly!" ”

"Yes, I obey." Zhang Fu was helpless, but he still took the errand without hesitation, and said with some hesitation: "It's just that the minister has never been in contact with the criminal name, I'm afraid I missed the emperor's major event." ”

"You don't have to worry about that, I've got a helper for you." Zhu Di then asked Wang Xian to enter the hall, and after Wang Xian saluted, the emperor said to Zhang Fu: "This is Wang Xian, the pacification envoy of the Beizhen Fusi, your Zhang Hui has worked with him in Shanxi, can you mention him?" ”

"Can't praise enough." Zhang Fu smiled bitterly in his heart, my brother can't hold his stinky feet every day.

"Hmm." Zhu Di nodded and said: "Don't look at this kid's youth, he still has the ability to handle cases, and the discolored Shanxi malpractice case that the minister of the DPRK and the Central Government talked about is only three times five divided by two in his hands." As he spoke, he gave Wang Xian a gold sticker and said, "He is the senior apprentice of Young Master Yao." ”

"I see." Zhang Fu suddenly said: "Since you are a student of Young Master Yao, you naturally can't judge it with common sense. ”

Although he knew that the emperor was afraid that Zhang Fu would look down on him, Wang Xian still felt happy and embarrassed when he heard Emperor Yongle praise himself like this.

"He is now the Fusi of Beizhen, and he specializes in handling cases at my behest." Zhu Di said to Zhang Fu: "Let him be your deputy, and you must investigate this case clearly." As he spoke, he said to Wang Xian in a cold voice: "If you dare to bring your personal feelings to the case, just bring your head to see me!" ”

"The minister will obey the holy decree and handle the case impartially." Wang Xian hurriedly replied in a deep voice: "Give the emperor a truth." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Di nodded and waved his hand to signal that the two could retreat.

The two saluted the emperor together, and then Wang Xian retreated behind the British duke.

The two left the Yitian Temple silently, and after walking a distance, Zhang Fucai spoke: "Although this case is mainly based on my father, I don't know the name of the crime, and I have to rely on Wang Zhenfu to come up with ideas." ”

"Grandpa, let's call Guan Zhongde." Wang Xian didn't dare to hold it up in front of Zhang Fu, so he hurriedly replied: "Since the emperor has appointed Xia Guan as the deputy of the grandfather, the big idea is naturally to be taken by the grandfather, and the lower official will be added from the side." ”

"You're welcome, I'm telling you seriously." Although Zhang Fu is the grandfather of the country, he did not have a bit of arrogance on his face, but said very gently: "I have not been in the capital all these years, and my eyes are black about the affairs in the capital, so I must rely on Zhongde to mention more, and I must not hide it." ”

"It's just the order of the lower officials." Wang Xian saw the sincerity of what Zhang Fu said, so he had no choice but to respond.