That night, Xiang Wang Hongjing had a sweet dream.
In the dream, as if all his wishes came true, King Yong Hongyu suffered revenge from the Queen because of his autographed letter, and the Emperor of Wei had just appointed King Yong to supervise the country, but he did not know that King Yong actually did this.
After the scandal that framed his eldest brother, he cut off King Yong's favor in a rage.
As the former crown prince Zhao Hongli and Yong Wang Zhao Hongyu lost power, he supported Prince Hongjing to reap the benefits and became the crown prince and crown prince, and also gained the privilege of supervising the country.
A few years later, Emperor Wei died and the throne was passed to him.
"Hehehe..."
Even in his sleep, Prince Xiang Hongjing couldn't help laughing.
However, after waking up from the dream and looking around, he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. After all, in his dream, he was lying on the dragon chair in Chuigong Hall and Wende Hall, not in the study room of Prince Xiang's Mansion.
But it didn't matter, because he knew that as long as the letter written by King Yong was delivered to Queen Wang, King Yong Hongyu was destined to fall.
So Prince Hongjing of Xiang didn't go anywhere today. He just drank in the palace, waiting for good news from the court while drinking.
As for what the good news is, it goes without saying.
However, after waiting for a full day, the court was still calm, and there was no news of Yong Wang Hongyu being retaliated by the Wang family. This surprised Xiang Wang Hongjing.
He summoned Liang Xu, the chief of the clan guard, and asked suspiciously: "Has that boy Chang Le really given King Yong's letter to Queen Wang?"
It's not that he doubted Chang Le, after all, Chang Le was extremely loyal to him. The problem was that this boy had a special identity. He was his distant cousin and a cousin of his wife's Chang family. Therefore, this boy had many problems in the past.
Let King Xiang Hongjing worry about it.
"I'm humble enough to ask."
Zong Wei Chief Liang Xu nodded and walked out of the study.
After waiting for a while to burn the incense, Liang Xu came back and reported back to King Xiang Hongjing: "Your Highness, Chang Le did not return to the palace last night."
"This guy..." Xiang Wang Hongjing was so angry that he was speechless.
However, at this time, Xiang Wang Hongjing did not realize that Chang Le had met with something unexpected. After all, Chang Le had spent many nights in Fireworks Willow Alley in the past.
But after waiting for two days, the court and the palace still showed no signs of harming Yong Wang Hongjing, and when Chang Le did not return to Prince Xiang's Mansion, Prince Xiang Hongjing felt something was wrong.
You know, although Chang Le hangs around Fireworks Willow Alley on weekdays, he has never been missing for two consecutive days.
"Something happened!"
After realizing the seriousness of the matter, Xiang Wang Hongjing said with an ugly expression.
Sure enough, on the third day, King Xiang Hongjing heard something: a corpse was fished out of a canal in the city.
King Xiang Hongjing's heart skipped a beat, as if he had vaguely guessed something, and he immediately said to Chief Zong, "Liang Xu, go and see if it's Chang Le right away."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zongwei Chief Liang Xu nodded, quickly left the mansion and rode his horse to Daliang Mansion.
Daliang Mansion is in charge of the public security and civil affairs of Daliang. Although a body was fished out of the canal this time, because it was reported to the official by the people in Daliang City, it is also considered a civil matter. It needs to be registered in Daliang Mansion and then handed over to Dali Temple for investigation.
Murderer.
Arriving at Daliang Mansion, Liang Xuqiu met with Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion. He made a random excuse and finally saw the dead body.
As expected, this corpse that had been soaked in the ditch for a long time and looked a little swollen was Chang Le, the servant of Prince Xiang's Mansion who Prince Hongjing sent to the palace two days ago to inform the Queen and deliver evidence of Prince Yong's crime.
After verifying the identity of the body, Liang Xu, the chief of the imperial clan, carefully searched Chang Le's body and found that the evidence incriminating King Yong had disappeared.
He turned to ask Chu Shuli, the head of Daliang Mansion: "Master Chu, when this person was fished out of the ditch, did he have anything... special? For example, a letter."
Chu Shuli glanced at Zongwei Chief Liang Xu. He might have been thinking about something, but he said nothing more. He shook his head and said, "Although I don't know what letter Liang Zongwei Chief is referring to, I can guarantee that this person is the first person."
He was killed and then thrown into the city's canal without a letter in his arms."
With that said, he briefly explained to Zongwei Chief Liang Xu
In fact, the reason is very simple, because when Chang Le was fished out, there was no rope on his body, and there were fatal wounds on his back. This means that this person was killed first and then thrown into the ditch; as for the letter, due to the ink
It will melt when exposed to water and will penetrate the paper and contaminate the clothes. However, there is no trace of ink on Chang Le's clothes. This can prove that there was no letter on Chang Le when he was killed and thrown into the ditch.
Liang Xu, the chief of the imperial clan, nodded and ignored Chang Le's body. He quickly returned to Prince Xiang's Mansion and told King Xiang Hongjing of the conclusion of Chu Shuli, the leader of Daliang Mansion. He only heard that King Xiang's face was ashen.
"Who is it that ruined this king's good deeds?!"
The furious Prince Hongjing of Xiang smashed many precious toys in the study.
Think about it, the letter written by King Yong to Cui Xie was such a key piece of evidence, enough to bring down King Yong Hongyu. However, I don’t know who ruined his good deeds.
"Could it be the Blue Crows?"
Zong Wei Chief Liang Xu asked from the side.
"..." Prince Xiang Hongjing was stunned for a moment, then squinted his eyes and said nothing.
To be fair, because Daliang is the territory of the internal servants, the Green Crows under Su Wang Zhao Hongrun are very low-key in Daliang, and are only responsible for collecting some intelligence for Zhao Hongrun.
But even so, there are still some people in the government and the public who have learned of the existence of this group of hidden thieves through various special channels. Who gives the Green Crows a special status in Daliang, and even the inner chamberlain maintains a state of non-interference with them?
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"You mean...Lao Ba?"
Xiang Wang Hongjing asked uncertainly.
Liang Xu, the chief of the imperial family, nodded and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness Prince Su is different from His Royal Highnesses King Yong and King Qing. He has no interest in the throne... Therefore, Luo Yao asked Zhao Hongli to free himself from the crown prince's death.
Although the title can affect His Highness's relationship with King Yong and King Qing, it will not affect the friendship between King Yong and King Su...because King Su was originally meant to help King Yong."
After a pause, he lowered his voice and continued: "Therefore, could it be that King Su heard something and asked the Green Crows to kill Chang Le and intercept the letter from King Yong?"
Xiang Wang Hongjing pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "Lao Ba has this strength, but he should not have done this... If it was really him, then, according to his character, he would have come to start the army long ago
Asking for guilt, I threw the letter from King Yong in my face."
In the opinion of King Xiang Hongjing, if his eighth brother Zhao Hongrun really intercepted the letter, he would definitely be able to guess where the letter came from. After all, it was written by King Yong to the late General Cui Xie of the Northern First Army.
letter.
Therefore, just by looking at it, Zhao Hongrun would guess that Liu Yi killed Cui Xie and obtained this letter.
This means that Zhao Hongrun would also guess that Liu Yi killed Cui Xie and seized the evidence that was very fatal to King Yong, mostly at the instruction of his king, Zhao Hongjing.
Therefore, according to Zhao Hongrun's character and relationship with King Yong, the domineering His Highness King Su would definitely call an army to investigate and throw the letter in his face on the spot.
But now, King Su Zhao Hongrun is delayed in coming, which means that it was someone else who did it.
But...who could it be?
King Xiang Zhao Hongjing was just guessing when he suddenly heard the news that King Yong Hongyu had come to pay a visit.
I have to say that this really scared Xiang Wang Zhao Hongjing half to death, and he thought the news was really leaked.
But what he didn't expect was that when he met Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing found that the second brother's face was normal, and he didn't look like he was here to ask questions.
On the contrary, while the two brothers were drinking together, Yong Wang Hongyu kept trying to win over Xiang Wang Hongjing and made various promises in a vague way, which shocked Xiang Wang Hongjing.
In fact, Xiang Wang Hongjing didn't know that at the beginning, Yong Wang Hongyu also doubted whether Cui Xie's death had something to do with Xiang Wang Hongjing. Therefore, he listened to Zhang Qigong's suggestion and reported to the clan government, saying that he had a set of seals.
Lost.
In this way, if Xiang Wang Hongjing really produced the letter, Yong Wang Hongyu would be able to defend himself. Although it was a bit of a cover-up, it would be better than doing nothing, right?
But to King Yong's surprise, he waited for three full days and did not see King Xiang Hongjing attacking him. Seeing that all the officials in the court gradually became accustomed to the attention of King Yong who oversees the country, King Yong gradually gave up.
Suspicious of King Xiang, he felt that Cui Xie might have really made a mistake and died in the camp coup.
Of course, for the sake of caution, Yong Wang Hongyu came to Prince Xiang's Mansion in person and tested Xiang Wang Hongjing. It was this test that dispelled Xiang Wang Hongjing's doubts about Yong Wang.
Thinking about it, if Chang Le was killed by people from King Yong's party, then the letter would definitely fall into the hands of King Yong. In this case, King Yong would definitely suspect that Liu Yi killed Cui Xie. At the same time, he would also suspect that Liu Yi had killed Cui Xie.
Liu Yi did this under the instruction of King Xiang.
But since King Yong has spoken to test the cause of Cui Xie's death, this means that Chang Le was not killed by someone from King Yong's lineage.
Of course, King Xiang Hongjing also doubted whether King Yong did this on purpose, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that King Yong did not have this need.
After all, now that the former Prince of the East Palace has lost power, King Yong, who oversees the country, has become the most powerful candidate for the succession of the throne. In fact, the difference between wooing him and Prince Hongjing to suppress King Qing Zhao Hongxin is not big. After all, King Qing Zhao Hongxin is different
He had a big problem with Zhao Hongli, the former crown prince of the East Palace. Just because he had protected Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, it was destined that Zhao Hongxin, the king of Qing, would not be loved by Emperor Wei.
Xiang Wang Hongjing really couldn’t figure it out.
A few more days passed, and the court was still calm. Yong Wang Hongyu began to supervise the country, and there was no sign of collapse. This made Xiang Wang Hongjing very depressed.
Finally seizing the opportunity, a mantis stalks the cicada, with the oriole behind, and overthrows Dong Gong and King Yong in one fell swoop, enjoying the benefits of being a fisherman, but the oriole is killed by someone unknown.
Seeing that Yong Wang Hongyu's popularity in the court was soaring with the convenience of supervising the country, Xiang Wang Hongjing felt extremely depressed.
Suddenly one day, he talked about this matter with his counselor Liu Jie. Liu Jie touched his chin and said: "Your Highness, these things you are thinking are all based on it. But what if Queen Wang got that letter?"
King Xiang Hongjing was stunned when he heard this, and then his face showed a thoughtful expression.
What if Queen Wang got that letter?
Does this mean that Queen Wang protected King Yong?
But why would she do this?
King Yong, that was the enemy who brought down her son! He was the son of Concubine Shi, her old grudge!
"...Interesting."
Licking his lips, Xiang Wang Hongjing showed an elusive smile on his face.