As soon as Xu Hao was about to leave for Shanxi, he heard that more than 100,000 Hu people in Shanxi suddenly rebelled out of the pass, and the whole clan fled into the prairie. This incident shook the Beijing Division, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news, and ordered the military department to send a messenger to Shanxi to investigate the cause thoroughly.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Sure enough, as Xu Hao said, if it is not my race, its heart will be different." ”

Zhu Yunwen said softly: "This is caused by the construction of the city, seeing that the road is about to be sealed, Uncle Yan Wang happened to be ordered to inspect Shanxi, and the territory was full of heavy troops, so the Hu people must have been worried about their lives, so they rushed out." And with Xu Hao's temperament, fortunately, others have not yet arrived, otherwise they will be killed, and no Hu people will dare to surrender in the future, and there will be no peace in the border pass. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "He does show such a tendency, but without my will, how dare he make a mistake?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said softly: "He doesn't dare, but Uncle Yan Wang is not easy to say." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "Then don't order Xu Hao to go to Shanxi, your fourth uncle in the province misunderstood what I meant, and was provoked by Xu Hao behind his back to kill all the Hu people." ”

Zhu Yunwen suddenly said: "The third uncle has been stranded in the capital for many months, why don't you let him return to the fiefdom?" If it weren't for him staying away from the Jin Palace, those Hu people might not have rebelled against the imperial court, and Uncle Yan would have returned to Beiping for defense. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang groaned for a while, it turned out that since these days, he suspected that King Jin had murdered his second brother King Qin, so that he could replace him and then compete for the position of crown prince, so he ordered him to enter Beijing quickly and send King Yan to Shanxi to deter him, for fear that some generals would raise troops to rebel.

Fortunately, there are no clues to prove that it is the poisonous hand of the King of Jin, and the generals of Shanxi have no intention of rebelling, but they did not expect to run away with more than 100,000 Hu people. For Zhu Li, the king of Jin who was imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion, he has never complained, and he really didn't misunderstand his sons.

In the past, King Qin occasionally made small mistakes and was reprimanded by him many times, and even almost removed the prince from the throne in a fit of anger. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has always relied on the two sons-in-law of King Qin and King Jin. And the two princes have never lived up to the emperor's favor, and they have outstanding ability to hold power, much stronger than their younger brothers, and later, although the fourth son Zhu Di won many victories to become famous, Zhu Yuanzhang's trust in the two sons-in-law is still undiminished.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself admits that now Zhu Li, the king of Jin, is the most qualified candidate to inherit the throne, the third son of the emperor has been sensible since he was a child, good at riding and shooting, strategic, not arrogant or impatient, and treating his subordinate officials generously and politely. I don't like luxury, live frugally, and be sympathetic to the people. Famous generals such as Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, who died, were controlled by him, and sent troops to build passes outside the fortress several times, which made great contributions and had the highest prestige among the princes.

Even the late King Qin is as good, but unfortunately according to Zhu Yuanzhang's secret observation, among the emperor's eldest grandson, whether it is Zhu Shangbing or Zhu Jixi, the eldest son of King Jin, his talents in all aspects are far inferior to Zhu Yunwen, the emperor's grandson. Too arrogant and complacent, short-sighted, and difficult to teach. This made him very disappointed, even Zhu Gaochi, who was outstanding in literature and benevolent and generous. The appearance is too unbearable, and he is not worthy of being the king of a country.

Although the sons are still young, their eldest son cannot be satisfactory and cannot trust the country with confidence.

Besides, Zhu Yuanzhang is too stubborn. All his life's work was for the eldest son, and when the eldest son died, all hope was naturally poured into Zhu Yunwen.

In addition, compared to Zhu Yunsheng's handsome and chic. has been smart since he was a child, his third brother Zhu Yunxi has been very mediocre since he was a child, his appearance is not good, his qualifications are mediocre, and he has no advantages.

Zhu Yunwen's biological mother, Lu, is therefore a noble mother, although she has not been officially canonized by the imperial court, but she has already regarded herself as the mother of the crown prince. And the original crown princess Chang Shi, that is, Chang Yuchun's own sister, is nominally her mother-in-law, since Lan Yu's death, she had to retreat and move to a side hall to live in a cold and deserted manner, but fortunately, her biological son Zhu Yunxi often undertakes her knees.

In addition, Zhu Shangbing and Zhu Jixi are both very friendly to Zhu Yunwen, and the relationship between the three is very deep. can be called a brother and a friend and a brother are intimate, because Zhu Yunwen is indeed talented, the two princes admired him, they respected him everywhere, and recognized Zhu Yunwen's status as the crown prince early, and even Zhu Gaochi said that his literary talent was not as good as the emperor's grandson, which undoubtedly made Zhu Yuanzhang relieved and strengthened his belief.

One of Zhu Yuanzhang's original intentions in setting up the main hall is to let the emperors and grandchildren get along well for a few years, and establish Zhu Yunwen's prestige among the brothers in advance, so that in the future, the brothers will work together to assist the new emperor to govern the world.

The ancestors and grandchildren talked affectionately for a long time, and Zhu Yunwen said goodbye, and saw Xu Hao, who had been waiting for a long time, standing outside the hall, dressed in six-grade civil official clothes.

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and ordered the eunuchs to retreat, and said with a smile: "If you are a temple, you can still enter the palace to face the saint, Lord Xu, you are really extraordinary." ”

Xu Hao bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Bixia is favored, and the minister has always been flattered. ”

Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "Ming people don't say secret words, I heard that you are secretly investigating the matter of King Qin, I hope you will do your best to find out as soon as possible." ”

Xu Hao's heart froze, it was obvious that Zhu Yunwen was talking about officialdom black words, and the meaning of doing errands with all his heart was so-so, too obvious, right? even threatened himself to his face not to meddle in his affairs.

It is a person who knows that the emperor is dying of old age, and he can't afford to offend the crown prince who is about to inherit the throne, otherwise he will have to face the autumn reckoning.

Xu Hao immediately understood in a deep voice and said: "The minister must do his best and never live up to His Highness's entrustment." ”

"Good!" Zhu Yunwen smiled with satisfaction, "When you have time to come to my East Palace, there is a lack of thousands of miles of horses in the stable, which is eye-catching, haha." ”

Waiting for Zhu Yunwen and his entourage to leave in a sedan chair, Xu Hao smiled silently: "I'm sorry, the minister is new to officialdom, and he can't understand His Highness's voiceover at all." ”

At this moment, Xu Hao understood the direction of the case, and determined that it had something to do with Zhu Yunwen, and he was just suspicious and guessing before.

In the main hall, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "You don't need to go to Shanxi, stay in the capital and continue to monitor the civil and military officials, go." ”

Xu Hao nodded and retreated, thought about it, returned to his house with people, and entered a remote courtyard through the side door.

Half an hour later, Mu Hui came in, sat on the kang and drank the tea in one go.

"The relationship between the prince of Qin and the father and son of the king of Qin is very stiff, I led someone to secretly arrest a little eunuch next to Zhu Shangbing, and tortured them to extract confessions, and the father and son will not see each other several times a year unless necessary. Last year, for Xiao Yuying, the father and son turned against each other, and it is rumored that King Qin once scolded the son of the world for being a beast and eating inside and out. ”

Xu Hao groaned: "Why is this? For the sake of a Xiao Yuying, it seems that there is already a dislike between King Qin's father and son. ”

Mu Hui said in a low voice: "My subordinates personally checked the secret music related to Jinyiwei, and I heard from many sources in the palace that King Qin had made mistakes, and several of them were secretly instructed by the prince, this matter is not secret, King Qin has already found out and informed the former prince and His Royal Highness King Yan, so that the crown prince King Yan can rescue him in time." For this reason, the king of Qin once ordered the prince to live in seclusion, but he didn't expect the saint to summon the princes to study in Beijing together, which is the cause of the disharmony between father and son. ”

Xu Hao said movingly: "I see. I said how the saint knew, and it was clear that the first two commanders of the Jinyi Guard did not tell the matter. Although the fault is small, but it comes from the mouth of the prince, no wonder Bixia is so angry and threatens to demote the king of Qin to a commoner. ”

Mu Hui couldn't help but say: "The prince has just returned to the palace, and the king of Qin died violently immediately, it is a matter of the privacy of the palace, so don't track it down, be careful of being killed afterwards." ”

Xu Hao nodded slowly, he had no intention of wronging Zhaoxue for King Qin, King Qin was most likely killed by his own son, and Zhu Shangbing was standing behind Zhu Yunwen, how to check? Can Comrade Lao Zhu not extinguish his mouth?

Although this matter can be used to slander Zhu Yunwen, the problem is that Zhu Di stands on the position of the Zhu family, and he will never expose this matter, so a fool will pretend to be Bao Qingtian.

"You continue to investigate this case slowly and painlessly, and when the one-year period expires, the case will be closed with no progress." Xu Hao made a decision immediately.

Mu Hui suddenly said with palpitations: "The prince was only thirty-seven years old when he died of illness, and he was in the prime of life; King Qin died violently at the age of thirty-eight, and every one of them lived past the age of forty. Now His Royal Highness King Jin is thirty-seven years old, and His Royal Highness King Yan is thirty-five years old, if there is another accident? ”

Xu Hao sneered: "The princes have been practicing martial arts all year round since they were young, and they are all civil and military, and they will die of illness for no reason?" Obviously, there is a lot of article here, but it is a pity that this kind of thing is as you said, never get into trouble, otherwise although the world is big, there is no place for you and my brother, wait and see what happens. ”

Mu Hui said softly: "Shouldn't you send someone to warn His Royal Highness King Yan to pay attention to his own safety?" ”

Xu Hao said quietly: "Your idea is naturally sent by you." ”

Mu Hui smiled bitterly: "You are my future brother-in-law, we are a family, can't you still trust me?" ”

Xu Hao said innocently: "This is strange! Your Mu family has always been good friends with Yanwangfu, what is there to believe in this? ”

"Okay, don't say anything, you're not old but you're an old fox, and I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Mu Hui finished speaking angrily, got up and left.

Xu Hao smiled and said, "Your Mu family is only a litter of foxes up and down, except for the snow in my house." ”

After speaking, Xu Hao fell silent, he didn't know what year the King of Jin died in history, if it was really as he guessed, the King of Qin died at the hands of his eldest son, then what about the crown prince? Did he also die at the hands of Zhu Yunwen?

If Zhu Li, the king of Jin, died bizarrely and violently in the past few years, and did not live to be forty years old, it would be too terrifying, and sure enough, the royal family is a circle of right and wrong, and the future will be far away, and life is the most important.

The most pitiful one belongs to Comrade Zhu, who has been counted for thousands of years, but not to the point of cannibalism. (To be continued......)