An Yihou has been pestered by Hong Chuanting, Minister of the Ministry of War, to select young generals every day for the past two days. If usual, An Yihou would not be so nervous, but it is different now. Understanding these generals will be helpful to Song Chengxuan. The most important thing is that the Zhang family is also taking advantage of the opportunity.
This was an opportunity to win over officials. If the Zhang family accidentally got involved as a spy, it would definitely become a problem in the future. He had been dealing with the Zhang family for many years. He was familiar with the Zhang family's methods. Today he found two suspicious people on Hong Chuanting's list.
man of.
In addition, he also informed the lieutenants of Northern Xinjiang that there was movement in the southeast, and they had to be more careful to avoid someone taking the opportunity to cause trouble. Fortunately, Northern Xinjiang was still relatively stable and would not cause too much trouble.
When it comes to the situation in the surrounding areas, the most worrying area is in the northwest.
Ever since the Marquis of Guangping returned to the northwest, reports of the battles in the Northwest were presented directly to the emperor in the form of secret reports. It was said that the Marquis of Guangping was allowed to go back and make up for his mistakes. In fact, strict precautions were taken. The imperial court did not allow the Marquis of Guangping to interact with outsiders.
With letters exchanged, it would be even more troublesome to inquire about the news in the northwest, so in the past few days, Marquis Anyi just lamented that he was too busy with his time, and that he might not be able to take care of some things.
Sure enough, just when I got away from a bunch of things, I heard the noise outside.
Fortunately, with Song Chengxuan here, Marquis Anyi didn't have to rush outside to ask for news.
Song Chengxuan said: "Those who are causing trouble outside are people from Uzangsi."
Marquis An Yi frowned: "These people are disturbing the capital, are they trying to save Huijing?" From this point of view, I am afraid that the Ministry of Punishment is not at peace either.
Thinking of this, An Yihou couldn't sit still. Fortunately, the Ministry of Punishment was heavily guarded. It seemed that Song Chengxuan and the others were already on guard. Even if Huijing and the others had plans, they would be hard-pressed to catch them.
Song Chengxuan said: "They also went to the eldest princess's mansion, trying to uncover the story of the late emperor's battle to pacify the northwest."
The late emperor won a complete victory in this battle, but it was a pity that the Anwang family of Fansong Panwei were the only ones who defended the city. When the enemy broke through, all the people in the city were massacred. The most miserable ones were the Anwang family and him.
The naked corpses of the generals and female family members who were killed were hung on the city wall, while the heads of men were carried on long poles for public display.
Later, when the late emperor recaptured the city and collected the corpses in the city, he found that King An's head was missing. Later, he learned that King An's head had been taken by the eldest son of the Tubo King, his flesh and blood removed, and made into a urinal to insult the Great Zhou Dynasty.
of royal family.
Song Chengxuan raised his eyes: "Master Hou, does he know how Prince Jing died?"
Everyone knew that Prince Jing died of illness on his way back to Beijing, but since Song Chengxuan asked him this, it meant that Prince Jing's death was not as simple as it seemed.
An Yihou carefully recalled: "I had just entered the military camp for training, and my official position was not high. I had not yet been incorporated into the elite cavalry of the late emperor. The late emperor was eager to go to Beijing to resume his duties, and led a team of elites ahead, about one step behind us.
During the day's journey, when we heard the news, Prince Jing was already seriously ill, and the late emperor had to stop and order people to look for the doctor."
Song Chengxuan said: "Did the Marquis see the seriously ill Prince Jing?"
An Yihou nodded: "At that time, Prince Jing could no longer speak and could not eat anything. The late emperor personally fed him rice soup, and he vomited it out as soon as he drank it."
These are all what he saw with his own eyes.
Song Chengxuan heard this and said, "Does it look like he was poisoned?"
Marquis An Yi said: "The doctors we invited said it was not like poisoning, because a few days before returning to Beijing, Prince Jing had already started to feel weak and had no desire to eat. No poison can take such a long time to take effect."
As soon as An Yihou said this, the steward came in and reported: "Uncle Lei is back."
Uncle Lei quickly walked into the house: "The eldest princess's mansion is temporarily stable." Uncle Lei carefully reported what happened in the eldest princess's mansion to An Yihou and Song Chengxuan.
When Marquis Anyi heard that the eldest princess said that Prince Jingjun and Princess Jingjun did not die of illness, but at the hands of the late emperor, he couldn't help but be startled and immediately looked at Song Chengxuan.
Prince Jing was losing weight day by day, and the medicine and stone were useless. In the end, he was extremely weak. When he died, it was extremely painful, and his whole body curled up into a ball.
"After King Jingjun fell ill, the military medical staff should record the pulse record," Song Chengxuan looked at An Yihou, "Does the Marquis still remember whether the imperial court checked the medical records after returning to Beijing?"
"Yes," Marquis Anyi said, "The death of Prince Jing due to illness on the way is a big event. Before the coffin arrived in Beijing, Emperor Zhongzong had already asked the Taiyuan Hospital, Zongzheng Temple and Zhongguan to come and take care of him, and the Ministry of Rites decorated Prince Jing's body for burial.
, so the army was delayed for a day or two."
In other words, even if it is poisoning, it is done very covertly, so that no one can see the clues at a glance. This matter is of great importance. Without concrete evidence, no one dares to question it. The most important thing is that Prince Jing’s symptoms do look like
Get ill.
"Miss."
The steward's voice interrupted Song Chengxuan's thinking.
Feng Chu stepped forward to open the curtain, and Xu Qinghuan walked in.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit depressing. Xu Qinghuan looked at her father. He had been so busy these past two days that he looked a little tired. She looked at Song Chengxuan again, and when their eyes met, she seemed to see a hint of worry in Song Chengxuan's eyes.
The expression on his face, but this emotion flashed by, and then turned into darkness that no one could see through.
Xu Qinghuan's heart skipped a beat. Song Chengxuan was good at controlling himself. It was difficult to tell the clues from his face on weekdays. What happened today?
Xu Qinghuan said: "Are father and Mr. Song talking about Prince Jing and the princess?"
"You also know?" An Yihou looked at his daughter in surprise.
Xu Qinghuan nodded: "After encountering the case at the Princess's Mansion, I asked Mr. Huang and the Prince of Shunyang County to check the documents. No one drowned in either the Prince of Jingjun's Mansion or the Princess's Mansion in Jiashan.
, things that cannot be found on the surface are secrets of great importance.
Looking at the treacherous appearance of the eldest princess of Jiashan, we can deduce that the problem should arise with the prince and his wife of Jingjun County, because it is unreasonable for Jiashan to be named a princess. The late emperor's move seemed to be a pension for the queen of Jingjun County. In fact,
To cut off Prince Jing's line of succession and to make the eldest princess of Jiashan a princess is to hold the eldest princess's future, marriage, and descendants in the palm of your hand. What's the reason for such precautions?
King Jingjun knew something fatal, and the late emperor had to get rid of him to avoid future troubles. I suspect it was related to the death of King An. Huijing was so resentful of the late emperor. He might be the heir of the insider, that is,
Because of this, Huijing asked me to investigate his life experience.
Huijing is not afraid of death at all, and will not confess who is behind him. He always has only one purpose, to let everyone in the world know the true face of the late emperor, and he wants to take revenge on the late emperor and the emperor of this dynasty."
This revenge has now begun.
After Xu Qinghuan finished speaking, he looked at Song Chengxuan: "I wonder what the emperor will do when he hears about it."
Song Chengxuan's eyes were calm at this time, without any disturbance. He said calmly: "He only does stupid things."
After Song Chengxuan said this, he saw Feng Chu offering a cup of hot tea to Xu Qinghuan. He frowned slightly and said, "Get a cup of plain water. The eldest lady is not well yet, so she shouldn't drink tea."