"Second brother, my brother, it seems that he is really uneasy!"
Snapped!
With Huangfu Taixin's roar, a half-burned book was smashed in front of Ye Qingxuan.
"This is… "
Ye Qingxuan hurriedly picked it up and took a look. On the cover of the book, which was still intact, there were four characters of "The Prince's Minutes".
Opening the book directly, it happens that it records the detailed information of more than a dozen princes of the late emperor's blood.
It's just that because of the fire, less than one-third of the book is left, and the rest has been completely carbonized.
Looking at the raging fire outside like a torch, Ye Qingxuan didn't understand how this book was rescued by such a coincidence.
The old man beside him sighed, and explained: "Master Shuai suspected that there was something wrong with Master Qi, so he ordered this old slave to look for this information, but the old slave happened to be assigned by His Majesty, so he entrusted Eunuch Xia to go... But never expected …”
Huangfu Taixin interjected angrily: "But I didn't expect someone to go to the Tibetan Zonglou first and was also looking for this thing. Xia Ming met the visitor face to face, lost the fight, and was stabbed in the body. The visitor's whereabouts were revealed, and it was too late to snatch the book , had no choice but to overturn the oil lamp, and burn Xia Ming's body and the entire Zangzong building. Xia Ming used his body to protect the book with all his might. .It will be burnt out later..."
"Then this big fire..."
Huangfu Taixin smiled deeply, and said: "Since the other party wants to burn it clean, then I will satisfy his wish. He thought that this book and Xia Ming were hiding in the sea of fire, but I just wanted to give it to him when he was most proud. His fatal blow."
At the critical moment, this Huangfu Taixin was indeed a bit ruthless.
Undoubtedly, when the reinforcements found Xia Ming for the first time, the fire could definitely be extinguished, but if the fire were to be extinguished, the other party would definitely think that the emperor might get this book, and simply add fuel to the fire. If he pretended that the rescue was too late, and set fire to the entire Tibetan Zonglou, the opponent would think that the operation was successful and relax his vigilance.
"Since we were about to investigate someone, and the other party made some moves, it seems that our suspicion is in the right direction." Ye Qingxuan said lightly, while flipping through the book for a closer look.
Especially the article about the seventh prince "Xingyuan King" Huangfu Tairen. According to the only surviving written records, Huangfu Tairen's mother family is the Meng family of Jiangning Prefecture, Yangzhou. On the seventh day of Daqing, the patriarch was raided by warriors from Yingzhou on the last day. More than 500 people in the clan were killed and none survived.
The detailed horoscope of King Xingyuan's birthday is no longer available, but the approximate time can be calculated.
This is not the point, the point is that the Meng family was killed before the imperial concubine was pregnant and was about to go to Beijing to confer rewards and take care of her daughter. Isn't this timing too coincidental
Ye Qingxuan thought for a while and asked, "Did you find out the reason for the murder?"
"It is said that it was caused by Japanese pirates committing chaos and robbery."
Ye Qingxuan frowned and said: "Although Jiangning Mansion is in the lower reaches of the river, it is still far away from the coast. Even if Japanese pirates invade and rob, they should attack Suzhou and Yangzhou Mansions. Why go deep into the river to rob Jiangning Mansion? And Jiangning Mansion... Isn't that the sphere of influence of the Fengyun League? How dare the people of Yingzhou be so bold?"
Huangfu Taixin rubbed his chin, and after thinking about it, he replied: "It seems that the Japanese pirates who invaded back then were finally wiped out by Zhao Fengchan of Fengyun League."
Zhao Fengchan
interesting.
The old man hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "My lord, what's wrong? Do you suspect that Zhao Fengchan is involved in this matter?"
"It's not just that." Ye Qingxuan said lightly, "I suspect that everything from Zhao Fengchan to the group of Japanese pirates to the identity of Concubine Meng is problematic."
After speaking, he stretched out the book in his hand, and pointed to a line of writing for the two of them to look at.
"Emperor Suzhou met Meng's daughter. They traveled together for more than a month. They returned to Luodu together. The dowry... was accepted as a nobleman. When she became pregnant, she was promoted to noble concubine."
Ye Qingxuan said indifferently: "The first emperor met the daughter of the Meng family in Suzhou, and then brought her directly back to Luodu. Although there was a betrothal gift from the Meng family to testify, the Meng family did not meet this daughter from the beginning to the end. The foolish woman loves His Majesty, thousands of miles away. Accompanying, although it is a very good love story, but it is unreasonable. A daughter just ran away with another man. Even if the man is the emperor, the parents of the family are probably worried about it. The Meng family asked several times to come to Beijing to see her daughter. , were all shunned by their health, and it was not until the concubine was pregnant with the dragon son that His Majesty personally issued an order to order the Meng family to enter Luodu, but at this time the entire Meng family was slaughtered... This cannot but be confusing."
The emperor and the old man suddenly fell into deep thought.
Ye Qingxuan frowned and said: "Did no one doubt the identity of the Meng family back then? It is entirely possible that someone killed the genuine Meng family and approached His Majesty disguised as a Meng family girl."
The old man was surprised, and said: "The background of the daughter of the Meng family is absolutely safe. After all, the Master Attendant An Zhongxin will investigate it himself, and there will be no mistakes in this matter."
Ye Qingxuan took a long breath, and said: "I'm afraid that someone close to me will mislead you... After all, it's easy to fake someone's appearance. Some minor mistakes can only be seen by the parents who have been around all year round."
Huangfu Taixin patted the table and concluded: "So from the beginning to the end, after Meng Guifei entered the palace, she never saw her parents."
Ye Qingxuan's eyes lit up suddenly, and he asked anxiously: "When your Majesty went to the south of the Yangtze River, besides the Imperial Attendant, who was there to accompany you?"
The old man thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty went to Jiangnan just once in his life. Although the old slave didn't accompany him, he also heard about it. It seems that Yu Pohai from the Longjiang Society, Qu Longxing also showed up twice, and even Fengyunmeng. Zhao Fengchan and Peng Daosheng... are both local celebrities...Huh? It's Zhao Fengchan again..."
Huangfu Taixin's body trembled violently, his eyes flashed brightly.
From the beginning to the end, Zhao Fengchan appeared several times in this incident, which had to be vigilant.
Huangfu Taixin patted his head and recalled: "Although I was still young back then, I was depressed for a long time because the late emperor didn't take me to the south of the Yangtze River, so I have some impressions of what happened at that time. It seems that I was escorting Meng's daughter into Luodu , there is Zhao Fengchan. By the way, there is also Peng Daosheng... "
Ye Qingxuan asked in surprise: "Aren't their senior brothers incompatible with each other?"
"Hmph, it was better to say that they were like glue before, but then I don't know why... Huh? It seems that after that point in time, the relationship between Peng Daosheng and Zhao Fengchan plummeted until they became irreconcilable."
This is interesting.
Could it be that Peng Daosheng discovered something that caused a rift in the relationship between the two
"I'm going to find Peng Daosheng." Ye Qingxuan got up suddenly, and said goodbye with courtesy: "When Concubine Meng entered the palace, there must be people from the Meng family by her side. It's all right, this subordinate will go out to investigate the case."