The Qin family’s old pasts are all over the court and the opposition. Some old old days are not who they are, and they are not driven by any force. They are also not from the Qin family, but they sympathize with the Qin family. But willing to tell them some little secrets that only they know and discover.

   For example, there is a problem with the number of soldiers reported by the Liaodong Dusi every year. The fourth prince and the Liaodong Dusi have been very close, and they have accidentally discovered and left some small evidence.

The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry can all have business dealings with the generals who are in charge of military power abroad. It may be difficult for the high-ranking officials to find some small problems, but some officials of the small grade are different. They do the most basic work and contact It is the most primitive information, even the junior generals below the captain who are in direct contact with the army.

   They have a low awareness of confidentiality and can say a lot of things. As long as there is a heart, there will always be someone who can learn some secrets from clues.

   Their fathers or grandparents have some relationship with the Qin family. Gu Jingyun can't drive them, but he can learn some little secrets from them.

This is how the deadly secret of the    Fourth Prince was discovered.

   They have no conclusive evidence to show that they have actually meddled in military power, but it does not matter, as long as the emperor is suspicious.

  The fact that they couldn't find it didn't mean the emperor couldn't find it. The Guards were not vegetarians.

"So he's anxious," Gu Jingyun said softly, "he's afraid I'll do more for the crown prince, Baolu, you don't know how many old contacts the Qin family has in the court, even I don't know myself. You say this Isn't it scary?"

  Li Baolu thought deeply, "So the emperor treats you favorably, makes you the teacher of Taisun, and asks you to be promoted to the fourth-rank official as soon as you come up, but doesn't want you to take real power?"

"Yes, my great-grandfather and uncle have no intention of using these old contacts, so they are just the first assistant and the cabinet, good and loyal ministers, but I am different, and the emperor also knows that I am different, he is afraid. No one will not be afraid, I'm afraid that the prince and the grandson are also in shock."

  Li Baolu worried: "After that..."

"As long as my uncle and the others can return to the capital, will I still care about these contacts in the future?" Gu Jingyun curled his lips and said, "I'm just a teacher, don't worry, the prince is much more generous than the emperor, and the emperor can allow his grandfather to be at ease. In life, it makes no sense that the prince and grandson are not even comparable to the emperor."

  Li Baolu didn't say anything. She propped her chin and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, "I don't know when I can go out. Is the emperor's anger easy to dissipate?"

   "He holds grudges very much." Gu Jingyun glanced at her lightly, "So what do you think?"

  Li Baolu was discouraged, "Give us a few books, or else give us some ink, ink, ink, and ink, you can write something even if you can't read a book."

   She has a lot of things she needs to write down. She used to have no time, but now she has time but no ink or paper.

   Gu Jingyun lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Good idea, I just happen to be able to write more lesson plans and things, otherwise I'm afraid I'll run out of time after going out."

   So when the palace servants brought them lunch, the two of them asked for pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books, preferably more paper.

  The palace servant twitched the corners of his mouth and reported the matter after he left. Director Su only pondered for a moment and said, "Give it to them."

   And in the afternoon, the Prince's Mansion sent another large package, which contained all the things Gu Jingyun and the others asked for.

   At this time, the Qinzheng Hall was quiet, waiting for the results of the joint investigation by the Imperial Guard and Dali Temple.

   Yesterday's assassination shocked not only the emperor, but the courtiers even more. In broad daylight, killing someone on the street in the capital is too bad and must be severely punished, even if the opponent is the fourth prince.

   Even the people of the Fourth Prince were dissatisfied.

   As an official in the dynasty, who has few enemies?

   But everyone is playing with the yang and playing with the yin, but they will never engage in such things as assassination. Once it starts, it can’t be stopped. It’s just an official, and there’s no need to take your life on it.

  You royal people like to kill and kill themselves, so what are they doing with their courtiers?

What's more, among the ministers who can appear in the Qinzheng Palace, eight out of ten have something to do with the Qin family. They have relatives, but they also have hatreds, but regardless of relatives and hatreds, Qin Xinfang saved half of the crime of rebelling under the responsibility of turning the tide. After the courtiers, everyone remembered his affection, so they came here for another purpose, to intercede with Gu Jingyun.

   Naturally, he couldn't say it explicitly, because the emperor's excuse for detaining Gu Jingyun was that it was dangerous outside and safe in the palace, so Gu Jingyun could hide in the palace.

   All ministers: Haha.

   Who doesn't know that you locked people up in anger and anger. It is probably your fourth son who did this. After you find out, will you bring it to justice or press it down?

   Will Gu Jingyun be angered after being brought to justice?

Does    suppress that mean that the danger has never been lifted, so is Gu Jingyun going to be imprisoned in the palace for the rest of his life?

   The Qin family has been exiled, and you don't even spare your nephew.

   Of course, Gu Jingyun didn't worry about it. He clearly said that he was only a teacher of the fourth rank. How could he go to get power?

However, the child was only fifteen years old, and it was for his uncle. The ministers generously forgave him. The most urgent task was to rescue him and leave him in the palace. Under the influence of Concubine Lan, I was afraid that he would die in a few days. Gotta be tough.

The emperor was not in good health, he was sad and angry before, and now he saw the ministers so suspicious of him, and he almost spit out a mouthful of sweetness. He suppressed the anger in his heart and the sweetness in his throat, and stared at them like fire. At a glance, he lowered his head to look at Wan Peng, "Wan Aiqing, say it."

Wan Peng knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, those assassins have confessed, saying that they were instructed by Liang Feng, an official of the Prince's House, and when the minister sent someone to arrest Liang Feng, he had committed suicide at home, and his wife and children in his house were all missing, and their whereabouts are unknown. ."

  All the ministers didn't lift their eyelids, they just groaned in their hearts, the fourth prince became more and more familiar with the blame, but why did he want to kill Gu Jingyun?

   I'm afraid that people in the capital will kill Gu Jingyun, but neither will the prince. They are bound together by nature, unless Gu Jingyun switches to the fourth prince, but is this possible?

  The emperor was also angry, and he also felt that the fourth child put the blame on the crown prince.

   And then, the hatred for the prince is unfinished. After so many years, he can't even handle his own officials!

The    emperor asked with a cold light in his eyes, "Is there no other clues?"

  Wan Peng bowed his head, "This minister is incompetent."

  Wan Peng was picked up by him, how could he be incompetent? It can only be that the fourth child is hiding too well.

  The emperor felt a chill in his heart, and his fear of the fourth prince reached an unprecedented peak.

He waved his hand to let all the ministers back down, and all the ministers hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, does Gu Shi tell you whether to let him out of the palace? If you are worried about his safety, you can send the Imperial Guard to guard the gate of the Gu mansion, and he is a foreigner in the palace. It's not right in the end."

  The emperor snorted coldly, "He rests in the side hall of the East Palace. The East Palace is not connected to the harem. What's wrong? This matter has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again. Wan Aiqing stays and the rest of the people retire."

   There was still someone asking for mercy, and Peng Dan glanced at that person lightly and stepped back first.

   That man's face was ugly, and he snorted coldly in his heart. He was still a senior brother of the Qin Cabinet, so he was simply... ungrateful.

   Peng Dan's performance was also seen by others, and they knew it well.

  Peng Dan only appeared after Qin Xinfang was exiled. If Qin Xinfang returned to the dynasty, the power in his hands would probably change, so he should also be very unhappy with Qin Xinfang's vindication.

   But understanding does not mean understanding. Peng Dan was Qin Wentian's student after all, and he was less taken care of by Qin Xinfang back then.

  The emperor and others were gone before they said to Wan Peng: "Peng Dan can't collect that information for the prince without telling me, how did the prince's line know that the fourth child has been involved in military power?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, this minister has checked that when Gu Jingyun was teaching at Qingxi Academy, he took the opportunity to communicate with the officials of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Work, Ministry of Household and Ministry of Rites. The rank was as high as the servant and as low as the eighth rank to record things. The Qin family is old, it is Mu Qin's character, and the news he got should be gathered from their officials. His Royal Highness also knows from this. "

The    emperor was silent.

Wan Peng paused and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have arraigned those officials. Gu Jingyun and them inquired about ordinary news, and they didn't see the problem alone, but if they were combined, they would be able to see the northern border and the Western Mountain Camp. Unlike the Guards, this minister has served in the army for nearly 30 years, and it takes ten years to lead the Guards to have such eyesight, and Gu Jingyun is only a yellow-mouthed child..."

   "I know what you want to say," the emperor interrupted him lightly: "You want to say that Gu Jingyun is talented."

  Wan Peng bowed his head, "Yes."

"But I didn't dare to use him because he had great talent. He behaved very well and was quiet and inactive, but no matter how good he behaved, it was useless. He was different from his great-grandfather, grandfather and uncle. The Qin family I've never liked to play with power, but he likes it."

   Wan Peng whispered: "He should be saving his uncle..."

   "Then do you think I can rehabilitate Qin Xinfang?" The emperor suddenly became agitated and glared at him angrily: "You also think that I am incompetent and wronged a good minister, don't you?"

   "I dare not." Wan Peng hurriedly knelt down.

"You lied," the emperor's face flushed red, "I know how you scold me in your heart, Qin Xinfang was exiled, but he felt good in his heart, he saved a half court official, and he was a good minister Meiyu, and I, I came out I was scolded for fifteen years by someone pointing at my heart, and I'm not the supreme person in the world, aren't you my subjects, who allowed you to be so presumptuous, and who did it?!"

   "Your Majesty," Director Su looked at him worriedly.

  The emperor covered his lips and coughed violently. The dark red bloodstains flowed out along the gaps between his fingers. Director Su was shocked, took out a handkerchief to cover it, and quickly cleaned it up.

   Director Su glanced at Wan Peng, but fortunately, he kept kneeling with his head down, without raising his head.

  The emperor stared blankly at the red bloodstains on the handkerchief. After a while, he pushed away Director Su's hand impatiently. He clenched his fists and asked, "So what is being told in a compromise is true?"

   "The Liaodong capital is far away, so it has not been verified yet, but a lot of people who the Fourth Prince placed in the Imperial Guard and the Xishan camp have been identified, but the depth of the involvement remains to be determined."

The    emperor was stunned for a while, and after a long time he said quietly: "Check it out, check it thoroughly, I want to know what my fourth child has done."

Wan Peng and Director Su both changed their expressions when they heard the four-character "Thorough investigation". Back then, the Chu Dynasty almost bleed into a river with these four characters, and had to rely on Qin Xinfang to sacrifice himself to save it. Thorough investigation".

   Seeing that their faces changed, the emperor sneered and said, "After you find out, show me the evidence first. You don't need to make people panic about the punishment that should be used."

   Wan Peng and Director Su's expressions softened, and at the same time, their hearts trembled, and they said regretfully: If the emperor could be so awake back then, there would not be so many things.

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