Qin Shaoyou told Qin Qiaoer what happened to Lao Zhangtou and Zhang Xiaoni, including all the situations he found out and his guesses.
Although Qin Shaoyou did not give evidence of stone hammer, based on the information and clues he had obtained, Qin Qiaoer came to the same guess as Qin Shaoyou after some thinking and analysis.
There is indeed a high possibility that Zhang Xiaoni is a prince living in exile!
While Qin Qiaoer was dumbfounded, she sighed: "I originally thought that the patrol censor Liu Shuyuan was ambushed because he found out that the Prince of the Corpse King had turned into a zombie, and that the Prince of Shu's palace was colluding with demons and even the Black Lotus Sect...
Now it seems that what Liu Yushi discovered may be far bigger than these!"
Qin Shaoyou nodded.
If Zhang Xiaoni is really a prince, then he is the only prince alive. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the foundation of the country. His importance to the Great Xia Dynasty is indeed great.
It is a pity that after Zuo Qianhu brought Liu Shuyuan back to Yizhou Demon Division, although he tried his best, he was never able to wake him up, so he could not confirm that Lao Zhangtou and Zhang Xiaoni were from Liu Yushi's mouth.
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However, Qin Qiaoer had spent time in the Demon Division in the capital city and had more information than Qin Shaoyou. After sighing for a few words, she remembered something.
"You just said that Lao Zhangtou brought his granddaughter to Mianyuan County four years ago?"
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Qin Shaoyou nodded, and seeing Qin Qiaoer thoughtful, he asked, "Sixth sister, do you know something?"
Qin Qiaoer really remembered something and said slowly: "Four years ago, a great eunuch named Qin Lin suddenly disappeared in the palace. That Qin Lin was the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, although her status was not as good as that of Zhang Yin.
Eunuchs and eunuchs Bingbi can also participate in criticizing people.
The inexplicable disappearance of such a great eunuch made His Majesty extremely angry. He thought that there was a demon or traitor sneaking into the palace to cause trouble. On the one hand, he rectified the defense in the palace, and on the other hand, he ordered all departments and yamen to launch an investigation. Our Demon Suppression Department also participated in the investigation.
One of the yamen.
However, after checking again and again, each department and yamen only felt that there were many doubts, but they were still unable to find out the results.
Because of this matter, the commander, the chief officials of the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all punished and demoted..."
Qin Shaoyou instantly understood what Sixth Sister meant.
"Do you suspect that Old Zhangtou is the eunuch named Qin Lin?"
Qin Qiaoer nodded and said: "Then Qin Lin has been in the palace since she was a child. Because she is talented and intelligent, she also received education in the inner study hall.
The people in the professor's inner study hall are either important officials in the court or famous Confucian scholars. Under the guidance of these people, it is not surprising that Qin Lin will have the cultivation of a Confucian scholar.
Moreover, the classic that Qin Lin is studying is none other than Shangshu!"
Qin Shaoyou touched his chin and pondered: "From this point of view, the possibility that Qin Lin is Lao Zhangtou is indeed very high. But was there any prince born in the palace four years ago?"
"This is not clear. We have to check the relevant palace files to find out. And maybe, there is no record in the files at all.
If it is really Qin Lin, he wants to take the prince secretly out of the palace, so naturally he will not allow relevant records to exist."
Qin Qiaoer started thinking and quickly analyzed: "Let's assume that Zhang Xiaoni is really the prince, and Qin Lin took him out of the palace, most likely to avoid his premature death...
Those princes in the past were either stillborn or did not survive three to five months.
As for the reason for the sudden death of the prince, there were different opinions inside and outside the court. Some said that there were monsters in the palace, others said that there was a curse, etc.
We, the people from the Demon Suppression Department, once conducted a thorough inspection in the palace and found no demons. The palace also asked the mage Gao Dao to perform rituals to drive away the evil spirits, but it still was of no use.
That's why everyone accepts the idea that erysipelas is stored up and passed on to children, causing them to become poisonous and die suddenly after birth.
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But there are many aspects of this statement that are untenable, such as the princes who died suddenly, but the princess will be fine, etc..."
Qin Shaoyou followed the sixth sister's words and continued: "If Zhang Xiaoni is really a prince, then he did not die suddenly after leaving the palace, and he even lived to be four or five years old. Does this mean that the prince's death was not due to erysipelas or a curse?
Or some other accident, but man-made?
Even if it was an accident, it was a man-made accident!
And Qin Lin and the prince’s biological mother knew some inside information, so they secretly took Zhang Xiaoni out of the palace and raised her anonymously among the people in order to preserve the royal bloodline?”
Qin Qiaoer nodded and said, "I think so too."
But Qin Shaoyou continued to touch his chin and pondered: "Since Qin Lin and the prince's biological mother knew the inside story, why didn't they tell His Majesty?"
Qin Qiaoer thought for a while and said: "Maybe it's too late, maybe your Majesty has eyes and ears around you, maybe... His Majesty knows."
Qin Shaoyou knew that what Sixth Sister said about "Your Majesty knows" included two possibilities.
One possibility is that Emperor Jianwu knew that Qin Lin was secretly taking the prince away to raise him; another possibility is that Emperor Jianwu knew the real reason why his prince died!
Perhaps there is a third possibility, which is that Emperor Jianwu not only knew the real reason for the prince's death, but also knew that Qin Lin wanted to take him away and raise him...
In this way, Emperor Jianwu's reactions of rage, investigation, punishment, etc. were just acting.
But why did he act? Who was he acting for? And why didn't he find out the murderer behind the scenes?
Just as Qin Shaoyou was thinking about it, Qin Qiaoer asked again: "Where are Zhang Xiaoni and Lao Zhangtou now?"
"I don't know. According to the clues I got before, they should have gone to Guankou County. I asked several Taoist priests from Yuhuangguan to help release Gu insects, paper figures and other things, and search for them in Guankou County
But before I came to Jincheng, I had not found them."
After a pause, Qin Shaoyou added: "The Black Lotus Sect also sent people to Guankou County to search for their whereabouts."
"Guankou County?"
Qin Qiaoer muttered something, and immediately walked out of the swirling smoke, walked out of the lobby enshrining the statue of Jiutiandang Demon Patriarch, and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu!"
A moment later, a burly envoy in red came over upon hearing the sound, bowed and saluted: "Commander, you called me?"
Qin Shaoyou recognized the red-clothed envoy. He was the one who was guarding the door of Zuo Qianhu's ward in the evening.
He is also one of the people who dreams of being his brother-in-law.
Qin Qiaoer ordered: "Take a few people to sort out the equipment and horses, and prepare to go out with me."
"Going out?" Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "Over there with the King of Shu..."
"The King of Shu has Zuo Qianhu watching over him, so nothing will happen." Qin Qiaoer said. After a pause, he then ordered: "Let Zhang Chao take a few people to stay, follow Zuo Qianhu's command, and keep an eye on the King of Shu. Don't worry."
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"Yes!" Zhang Yu nodded in response. He didn't ask Qin Qiaoer why she made such an arrangement, nor where she was going. She just turned around and followed the order.
Qin Qiaoer didn't say much. After giving the instructions, he turned around and returned to the lobby where the statue of the founder of Jiutiandang Demon was enshrined, and returned to the lingering smoke.
This smoke only blocked the sound in the lobby from being transmitted outside, but the sounds from outside came in without missing a beat.
Qin Shaoyou heard it very clearly, so after Qin Qiaoer entered the smoke, he immediately asked: "Sixth sister, are you planning to go to Guankou County to search for Lao Zhangtou and Zhang Xiaoni?"