"Fortunately, the adults have held it." Zhou Yong rejoiced.

"But their hands can't help but make people suspect that they have ghosts in their hearts." Wang Xian sneered: "By the way, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world? ”

"Believe." The two said in unison: "Don't you believe it?" ”

"I believe in ghosts, but I don't believe in ghosts that can harm people." Wang Xian thought about it, shook his head and said: "The saying that ghosts and gods harm people is mostly people who wear chiseled and attached to them, if someone really can drive ghosts and gods, then the kings of the past dynasties don't want a large army, just raise a group of living immortals." "In this era, if you want to directly say that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, that is to directly challenge other people's view of the world and life, and before you come up with ironclad evidence, people believe that you have ghosts. Even if it is to his confidants and subordinates, Wang Xian can only express his views euphemistically.

"The emperor also said something similar." Erhei thought about it.

"Of course, if the emperor believes in ghosts and gods, he will not be today's Yongle Emperor." Wang Xian said

"What do you mean by that adult, Governor He and Lord Jin are lying?" Erhei asked.

"It can't be said that they are lying, because they can also be deceived, but in short, the truth of the incident is definitely not that Liu Zijin, the son of Rausch, is driving ghosts and gods, but that someone is pretending to be a ghost" Wang Xian said in a deep voice: "What we have to do is to find out the truth"

"What are you going to do?" Zhou Yong asked.

Wang Xian was about to answer, when there was a knock on the door outside, Zhou Yong walked to the door and asked, and the guard said that it was Lord Wu who had returned.

Zhou Yong hurriedly opened the door and saw Wu Wei standing under the porch, and a guard was patting the snow on his robe. Take off your wet boots. Wu Wei came in, grinned at Wang Xian, and was about to speak, but heard Wang Xian smile and say, "Let's eat first, and then talk after eating." ”

Zhou Yong brought him a bowl of knife and cut noodles, Wu Wei devoured a bowl, wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said: "My lord, we went to the tomb of King Jin of Black Camel Mountain, ten miles southeast of the city, but we didn't see Zhu Jixi's father and son. ”

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded, this news was not unexpected, he stood up, slowly paced and said: "The mysterious death of the old princess and the mysterious disappearance of the abolished King of Jin, is there any connection between this?" ”

"I don't know." Wu Wei said: "When we arrived, because we were afraid of alarming the army guarding the tomb, we sneaked in quietly, and found that they were panicked, looking for Zhu Jixi all over the mountains, and then overheard an officer saying that he should report to the prince Yunyun quickly. ”

"Then there are three possibilities." Wang Xian thought for a while and said: "One is that someone took Zhu Jixi away, and the other is that the King of Jin concealed the defenders and quietly transferred Zhu Jixi; One was someone else, and they took him away. ”

"Take it, take it?" Wu Weidao.

"Well, if it's the former, it's Zhu Jixi's brother's old genus or something, I'll go back and ask Long Yao again to see if there is such a possibility." Wang Xian said slowly: "If it's the latter, it's likely that the White Lotus Sect will be the one who will do it." After a pause, he said: "As for the possibility of King Jin's attack, do you think it's big?" ”

"Great," Erhei said: "As the lord said, if it is him, then it is linked to the death of the old princess, maybe it is our arrival that makes him anxious to poison him." ”

"Yes." Wu Wei nodded, the old princess is the mother of King Jin, and her status is above that of King Jin, if she wants to see Qincha, King Jin can't stop her. If she has any evidence that can help her eldest son turn the tables, then it is not impossible for King Jin to kill people in advance. At the same time, King Jin will also be vigilant, just in case, it is not impossible to get rid of Zhu Jixu together.

Wang Xian shook his head slowly and said: "I think the possibility is very small, the abolished King Jin is not a cat or a dog, it is the nephew of the current emperor, who wants to see people in life and corpses in death" Paused and said: "If Zhu Jiyan really wants to get rid of him, it should be a violent illness, an accident, or Yu Brian will push Liu Zijin again so that he can at least explain the past." What's the deal with the inexplicable disappearance? ”

Everyone thinks about it, the abolished King of Jin is missing, it can't be just forgotten, the court will definitely issue an order to find it, maybe it will send a messenger to toss, this is Zhu Jiyan, who has already sat firmly on the throne of the King of Jin, the last thing he wants to see.

"Can we assume," Wang Xian stood in front of the window, opened a gap, and let the wind and snow blow on his face, which was cold and piercing, which made him feel refreshed and said: "Zhu Jiyan actually wanted to kill the concubine and his eldest brother together, but who knew that someone was sideways and rescued Zhu Jixi in advance?" That seems more reasonable. ”

"Does this hypothesis work?" Wu Wei asked.

"It's useful, if the assumption is true, then the Jin Wangfu is not a monolith, someone is monitoring the King of Jin, so he can save people one step ahead." Wang Xian smiled and said: "At the same time, his eldest brother also has the possibility of turning the tables, otherwise there is no need to get rid of it." He also explained: "No matter how big the prince is, he is not an emperor, he has no orthodox title, and once he is deposed, he will be a wasted person." If he didn't have anything that could threaten King Jin, King Jin didn't need to kill him at all, and there was no need for others to save him. ”

"So the adult's assumption is true, Zhu Jiyan just wants to kill his eldest brother at the same time?" Erhei's eyes widened and said, "Why did you come out of it when you went around?" ”

"Hehe, it's just a simple reasoning." Wang Xian smiled faintly, closed the window, turned around and said: "Today is still very rewarding, we understand the general situation of the military food case, and we also speculate on the grievances and entanglements of the Jin Palace." Now you can have a target. Saying that, he looked at Wu Wei and said, "You and Young Master Xianyun still have to continue to run around and go to Fenyang."

"Fenyang?"

"Well, Governor He said that Fenyang Zhixian was also killed by Liu Zijin's exorcism." Wang Xian said in a deep voice: "When I look at the officialdom in Shanxi, there is quite a tendency of collusion and a nest of snakes and rats, but it is impossible for everyone to be in a group, and there must be people who are unwilling to join the same stream." The death of Fenyang Zhixian is very strange and worthy of our detailed investigation. Wang Xian instructed carefully, "And the fiefs of the two younger brothers of the King of Jin are also there, it is worth us to see, can we find any clues...... If necessary, you can show your identity as a brocade guard, and you must protect your own safety. ”

"Yes." Wu Wei nodded in response and hurried away.

After she left, Wang Xian asked Erhei to invite Miss Long over again, and smiled apologetically: "I remembered another question, trouble girl." ”

"Your Excellency is serious." Long Yao said softly.

"You tell me about the brothers and sisters of King Jin." Wang Xian said softly.

"Yes." Long Yao thought for a moment and said softly: "The old prince has seven sons and three daughters, and there are six sons who are still alive, and the three county lords have all died early. His Royal Highness, the eldest son, was born in eight years of Hongwu, and then he was named the son of the world, when he was young, he studied in Beijing, and then Hongwu thirty-one years, the old prince died, and he came back to become the king of Jin. Full of poetry and books, with a generous temperament, to put it offensively, is a little nerdy. After my father was deposed by the emperor, he once said to him that he was only one step away from abolishing the king after abolishing the long history. He was frightened and asked to cut off the royal army to protect himself, but the emperor did not agree to show his tolerance to the prince. He thought that there was nothing to do, and continued to mingle with a group of literati and Qingke, leaving behind my father's words to remind him to be careful of the people around him, until the edict abolishing him as a concubine arrived at the house, and he was still holding a literary meeting. ”

"The second highness King Gaoping died early, and the third highness is the current Jin prince, as I said before."

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded and motioned for her to continue.

"His Royal Highness Qingcheng King Zhu Jixuan, the fief is in Fenyang, amorous and lustful, extravagant and hedonistic, and gave birth to more than 30 sons at a young age......" Long Yao snorted a little disdainfully, and said: "His Royal Highness Yonghe Wang Zhu Jiyin, the fief is also in Fenyang, since he was a child, he likes to dance knives and guns, and make friends with people in the rivers and lakes. Over time, the villains in Shanxi actually threw themselves under his door, and even people from other provinces came to visit, and the brothers made Fenyang a miasma, and the people were miserable. ”

"There is also Zhu Jihuan, the king of Ninghua of the Fifth Highness, who is the half-brother of the Fourth Highness, but he is a dutiful prince, who usually does not show his eyes and does not show his water, has not done anything bad, nor has he done anything good. However, when their brothers wrote to expose His Highness, he also co-authored. After Long Yao finished speaking, he bowed his head for a long time, and said softly: "Then there is the Seventh Highness......

"Well, this Seventh Highness, you can talk about it in detail."

"He's twenty years old, and he's the most handsome, father-like." Long Yao's face was slightly red and said: "Because he is a son-in-law, the king is earlier than several brothers. It's just that he is too young and has a feudal domain in the fiefdom, so he can't come to Taiyuan in his spare time, and he can't help His Highness much. After hearing that His Royal Highness had an incident, he was furious and wanted to lead his troops to Taiyuan City, but he was later persuaded to go back by the concubine Niangniang, which did not cause a catastrophe. Alas, he still doesn't understand the sinister hearts of people, and he can't fight those brothers at all. ”

"King Guangchang is twenty years old this year, which is really not small, is he still unmarried?" Wang Xian asked leisurely.

Miss Long's face turned pale at the time, and she whispered for a while: "He just got married half a year ago, and he married the daughter of Yang Rong, the commander of the Taiyuan Left Guard. ”

The prince has three guards directly under the soldiers and horses, which is also the biggest endorsement of the prince's power, the three guards under the jurisdiction of the king of Jin, that is, the Taiyuan left guard, the Taiyuan middle guard, the Taiyuan right guard, a total of 16,800 people. I didn't expect that Zhu Jiyan's father-in-law was quite strong...... Erhei listened to it on the side, and he was so happy in his heart that he didn't mention it

Wang Xian asked a few more questions about Zhu Jiyan, and finally asked, "Did the three county lords all die early?" ”

"Yes, the first two died before they got married, and the youngest county lord of Rongcheng is also the concubine of the concubine. In the first year of Yongle, he married Chen Bin, the son of the commander of the right guard of Taiyuan, and the couple have always been very affectionate after marriage, but they died in childbirth two years ago......" Long Yao said softly.

"Then Chen Bin, what is his official position now?" Wang Xian asked.

"The son inherits his father's duties, and the commander of the right guard of Taiyuan ......," Long Yao replied.