Perhaps because the identities of the discoverers were not simple, the case of "Hidding a Corpse in a Dry Well", which was unintentionally uncovered by a few noble sons, immediately caused a bigger shock inside and outside the capital than an ordinary criminal case. In addition, the Jingzhao Yamen, who rushed to the scene to investigate after receiving the report, unexpectedly excavated nearly ten bones in the underground, all of which were completely decomposed. The horrific case spread, and the whole city was in an uproar. Jingzhao Yin Gaosheng was strictly ordered by his boss to solve the case within a time limit, and he became dizzy.
As the current owner of the deserted garden, Mei Changsu was asked to interrogate him several times, but he really didn't know anything, and there was no clue to dig up if he asked. In addition to this person's current status, Gao Sheng didn't dare to embarrass him. , the prestige and prestige is all on the business owner who acts as an intermediary, and at the same time he sends his subordinates to investigate around to find out what the garden was before it was abandoned.
About seven or eight days later, the results of the investigation came out. This garden has changed hands within this year. It was originally owned by a person named Zhang Yu. This person did not know what his background was. He used to have many romantic places in the capital. Financial resources and connections are very deep. He died of illness four years ago, his son and nephew were unworthy, and the property was gradually adjusted to zero, so the garden was sold for this reason.
According to this clue, Gao Sheng immediately sent people to Zhang's house to arrest all the adult men who were in charge and tortured them one by one. At this time, another Shi Duguan, who claimed to be Zhang Xun's confidant during his lifetime, came to Jingzhao Yamen to surrender, saying that someone wanted to assassinate him to silence him and asked for the protection of the government. Gao Sheng was overjoyed when he heard the news and interrogated him overnight, but before he asked a few words, a servant suddenly reported him outside the door, saying that His Royal Highness the Prince had an order.
Gao Sheng changed his clothes and came to the main hall with uncertainty. A young eunuch in blue clothes stood there, and when he had finished his salute, he spoke clearly: "It is said that the prince said, I heard that there was a case of hiding a body in a dry well in the king's city. Prince Zheng, you must ask, so Jing Zhaoyin Gaosheng will enter the East Palace tomorrow to report the case.
"My minister, Gao Sheng, obeys the prince's decree." Gao Sheng hurriedly bowed his head.
After the eunuch passed away, Gao Sheng thought about it and became uneasy. Being able to be a parental official in Jinling City, where princes and nobles are running all over the street, Gao Sheng has a set of smooth wrists and an exquisite mind. The sudden intervention of the prince in this case does not seem to be just for the responsibility of the prince. There must be unknown secrets. Therefore, after thinking about it, Gao Sheng ordered people to bring Shi Duguan from the interrogation room and brought it into the secret room in his backyard. During the questioning, he also deliberately rejected all the people left and right.
Just when Gao Sheng was in charge of the Secret Information Office at night, the lights in the study of Prince Yu's Mansion remained bright until late at night.
"That Shi Duguan really has a roster?" Yu Wang Xiao Jinghuan walked around the room, "Is this news true?"
"My subordinates can guarantee it." A middle-aged man in gray stood in front of him, and said eloquently, "That garden is called Lanyuan, a private house called Zhang Yu, but it is actually a secret place he runs. Some courtiers are obstructed by national laws, I dare not openly enter and leave the Fengyue place, it is all arranged by Zhang Ge in private. No matter what the visitor asks, he can satisfy it. After a long time, some people who like kinky abuse and play tricks will inevitably lose their importance and kill them. Girls who are making fun, those corpses are part of it. Five years ago, when Zhang Nun died, these transactions were forced to stop, but no one thought that he would deal with the corpses so sloppily, and no one thought that he would actually take care of everything It's all on a roster."
A faint light flickered in King Yu's eyes: "So that's on the roster..."
"It's all people with heads and faces, and there are even important officials in the court..."
"What about us here?"
"I think there are people on both sides, but..." The man in gray smiled gloomily, "His Royal Highness is more anxious..."
"why?"
"When his subordinate found Shi Duguan, although he refused to hand over the roster, in order to win my trust, he still mentioned the names of several guests who died in those years, one of which was Lou Zhijing."
King Yu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing three times: "Is there really a Lou Zhijing? Haha, the prince will definitely jump in a hurry."
"Lou Zhijing must know that he has a ghost in his heart. His subordinates thought that he would take the initiative to confess to the prince for help. Why didn't His Highness let that Shi Du enter the manor, but let him go to Jingzhao Yamen? In case the prince..."
"Don't worry," Yu Wang said coldly, "In this capital, the crown prince can't cover the sky with one hand. Gao Sheng looks mediocre, but it's not. No matter how intimidating the crown prince is, he will always be able to hold on for at least two or three days."
"Your Highness means..."
"The traces of our intervention should not be too obvious, lest the father be suspicious." King Yu stared at the lamp flower in front of the window, raised the corner of his lips, motioned the man in gray to approach him, said a few names in his ear, and then said "You have to work harder tonight, go to ask questions one by one on behalf of Ben Gong, and ask them to confess whether they have ever traded with Zhang Xun, and whether they have taken human life on their hands. To be honest, Ben Gong will find a way to protect it. To be honest, it deserves to be found out."
"Yes."
"As long as these few people are not on the roster, the others will be found out. How can you catch the big wolf if you don't lose a few of your own people?"
The man in grey was accustomed to casually abandoning his pawns for the superior, so he didn't care, he answered "yes" again, and then backed out.
King Yu continued to pace back and forth a few times in the room, frowning and thinking deeply, his mind seemed uneasy. After a long while, I heard him say to the silver lamp on the table: "Mei Changsu bought Lanyuan and found out this case. I'm afraid it's not a coincidence, right? Does he mean that he has fallen to me by doing this? already?"
At this time, the room was empty, and he seemed to be talking to himself, but not long after the words fell, the thick velvet curtain on the east side of the room shook slightly, and there was a soft and charming female voice. Gently said: "That's not necessarily. He may just settle personal grievances, and it has nothing to do with His Highness."
With this wonderful voice, a graceful and graceful figure appeared. Looking at her appearance alone, she may not be considered a charming country, but with the delicate temperament all over her body, she is extraordinarily captivating.
King Yu turned to face her, and although there was some movement in his eyes, he quickly regained his self-control: "Prajna, did you find something?"
Qin Banruo pursed her lips lightly, paused for a moment, and then said, "Does Your Highness know that Lou Zhijing was the prefect of Yizhou?"
"I know this," Yu Wang's mind turned quickly, "Yizhou is within the Jiangzuo area, did they have festivals before?"
"Lou Zhijing is a rare talent, so he is regarded as a confidant by the prince, but his lustful nature is hard to change. I have found out that he robbed a pair of twin sisters to enter the palace when he was in Yizhou. The cousin of the two sisters is an ordinary gang member in the Jiang Zuo League. He begged his hall master to come forward and plead with Lou Zhijing to return the two sisters. Lou Zhijing agreed verbally, and when he returned to the house, he raped the two sisters first. Then they were released from the house. The two girls immediately committed suicide in shame and anger. Lou Zhijing denied his crimes. Jiang Zuomeng found no evidence and could only see him on the loose. Well, very few people know about it…”
King Yu waited for a while, and found that the woman did not intend to continue speaking, and asked in surprise, "Is it just this bit of hatred?"
"Does your Highness think it's not enough?"
"Of course it's not enough," Yu Wang felt very unbelievable. "Lou Zhijing is the Minister of the Household and the Crown Prince's confidant. Will Mei Changsu be his enemy because he is a cousin of a small gang?"
Qin Banruo was silent for a while, and said, "Does your Highness really want to take Mei Changsu?"
"It goes without saying, of course it is."
"Then Your Highness should know more about Mei Changsu's behavior."
"what do you mean… "
"To His Highness, the matter of the two sisters is nothing, but to Mei Changsu, it is an unbearable insult and offense. Jiang Zuomeng's rapid rise to the world's largest gang is not only due to Fighting in the rivers and lakes is not only about benevolence, righteousness, morality, and winning the hearts of the people, but more importantly, it has been almost paranoid to maintain its authority for many years. If the Jiang Zuo League did not come forward to intercede, no matter how vicious Lou Zhijing’s behavior is, it will It may not be that much of a concern. But Lou Zhijing underestimated this Jianghu gang and came up with such a trick of favoring yin and yin, which is a big taboo of the Jiang Zuo League, and will naturally be regarded as a kind of provocation."
King Yu was a little stunned when he heard it: "So, Mei Changsu is just taking revenge for his personal revenge, and he doesn't mean to show his favor to me at all?" It's like a mystery, and I can't sort it out for a while." Qin Banruo sighed, "His Royal Highness first sent him the news of the invitation, it should be in July, right?"
"Yes."
"The Prince's invitation will not be much earlier than His Highness. From the information I have investigated, before receiving the invitation from Kyoto, Mei Changsu was a pure Jianghu person, and I can't find him or anyone in the court. There are contacts and relationships. But after that, Mei Changsu rejected the prince and the prince, but immediately left the core of the Jiang Zuo alliance, and finally moved to the capital, what did he want to do?"
"He probably knows that there are only two paths for the talents who are favored by the crown prince and this king. As the leader of Langya's ranking, Jiang Zuomeilang has such a pleasant life, how could he go to a dead end?"
"But His Royal Highness sees that he is walking now, but it is a way of life in the general sense?"
King Yu was taken aback by the question, and he was speechless.
"His Royal Highness is pressing the heaviest stone in his heart, is it Duke Qing?"
Xiao Jinghuan frowned: "Hrajna, you are asking because you know it."
"There are too many neutrals in the military. The only military officials who are loyal to His Highness are from Duke Qing's line. If he falls, you will only have a pen and no sword..."
"This king knows," King Yu said angrily, "you don't need to say any more."
"Judging from Mei Changsu's current performance, he is very aware of the situation in the DPRK. Mei Changsu's heart is half in favor of His Highness, and he shouldn't have contributed to the flames, allowing those two to enter the capital."
Following her unhurried words, a cloud of darkness poured over King Yu's forehead, but he just clenched his fist secretly and didn't speak.
Qin Banruo raised his hand and swept the cloud ring on the temple, and a sigh overflowed from the cherry lips again: "In the case of choosing one of the two, offending His Highness means to please the Prince. So I told His Highness confidently at the time that Mei Changsu entered the capital, It is very likely that the prince will be chosen…”
"But..." After King Yu spit out these two words, he bit back and stopped talking.
"But what he's doing now is beyond my expectations." Hannya lowered his head to straighten the crease on his sleeve, a white jade bracelet on Hao's wrist swayed slightly, the snowy luster was as charming as her skin, but What such a beautiful person talks about freely, but is full of cold-hearted manipulative tactics, "If he only offended His Highness a little about the matter of the Duke of Qing, then in the case of the county lord, he has offended the prince a lot..."
A cold light flashed in Prince Yu's eyes: "Why, Hannya thinks the matter of the county master is the work of Mei Changsu?"
"Does His Highness think that the day I met him walking slowly alone on the street, it was really a chance encounter?"
King Yu took a step back, sat on the red sandalwood armchair, and crushed his fists on his legs twice, with a gloomy look on his face: "You are just speculating. There is too much involved in this matter of the county master. The people here, King Jing, Jing Ning, Empress Dowager, Empress, Meng Zhi, and me...Which one can be mobilized by Mei Changsu?"
"Then His Highness' judgment is..."
"Maybe something is a coincidence," Yu Wang said slowly, his eyes widened, "Maybe he didn't arrange anything, but just got the news, maybe he didn't target the prince, but just wanted to save Nihuang..."
It is undeniable that although King Yu's control over Mei Changsu is somewhat underestimated, the speculation about the course of events is not far from the truth.
Qin Banruo thought about it, and probably agreed that it was unlikely that Mei Changsu would control the whole process of the county master incident, so he nodded.
"But when it comes to this, I suddenly realize that I have neglected," Yu Wang said with a sneer on his face, "You will contact Satin Brocade tomorrow, some news will be passed on to the Crown Prince, and let her be as natural as possible."
Prajna was only stunned for a moment, and his heart was immediately clear. King Yu knew that Mei Changsu had something to do with the county master incident, but it was because the queen lied to Jing Ning and learned from her that Mei Changsu had ordered her to move the empress dowager. However, other related people did not mention this Mr. Su at all. I am afraid that the Crown Prince and Concubine Yue now hate Prince Yu, the Empress, Prince Jing, and even the Princess, but they would never think of hating Mei Changsu, because they didn't even know that Mei Changsu had anything to do with the revelation. . So it would be of great benefit to find some way to let them know what Mei Changsu did.
King Yu saw Qin Banruo's expression, and knew that she had understood what she meant, and couldn't help laughing: "People say that Bigan has seven orifices and an exquisite mind, I think you have more than seven orifices in Prajna."
Qin Banruo smiled sweetly, neither humbly nor complacent, the beauty in the shadow of the lamp was like jade, seeing Wang Yu's heart flutter, he couldn't help holding her hand, but was gently pulled away.
"Are you still not willing?" Xiao Jinghuan frowned slightly.
Qin Banruo said lightly: "Although Banruo has traveled in the dust, he also swore to the master that he will never be a concubine in this life, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Although King Yu had long coveted her, he was a bit stylist, and he didn't want to be aggressive with women. Second, he was very fond of Qin Prajna's clear wisdom and could collect information for him and analyze it, so he could only hold back. Get excited, take a deep breath.
Princess Yu came from a prestigious family, her father and brother were both ministers in the court, she had already raised children, and she herself was deeply loved by the queen, so even if she was obsessed with Qin Banruo's beauty, she had no intention of abolishing her wife. At this moment, he immediately picked up the purple clay pot, poured a cup of fragrant tea for the beautiful lady, and said with a smile, "This king is abrupt."
Qin Banruo, however, also knew the reason why it was enough to stop. He laughed it off, and continued the previous topic: "The reason why Prajna thinks that he can't understand Mei Changsu is because he acted out of order. He chose to offend His Royal Highness about the matter of Duke Qing. In the county master case, he chose to offend the prince again. Now he has come forward to buy Lanyuan and found a case of hiding a corpse, and the people involved are on both sides. It's not because His Highness is worried that there will be his own in the list. Is it important that you let Gray Harrier check it out overnight?"
King Yu frowned, and unknowingly took the cup of tea he poured into Prajna and drank it, and said dumbly, "Could it be... he is actually..."
"What?" Qin Banruo raised her eyebrows.
"Is he testing me and the prince?"
Qin Banruo's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but ponder.
"I'm afraid he still wants to show his ability..." The more Yu Wang thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he couldn't help but patted his desk, "As all great talents, their minds and actions are a bit weird, and it is most avoidable to meet a master with a small stomach. He will want to try It's not surprising. If the Crown Prince knew that it was Mei Changsu who destroyed the plan of the county master, he still did not change his attitude towards corporal Mei Changsu Lixian. Said that he is unbiased, and I am afraid that Mei Changsu will be moved by him no matter how determined he is... And once Mei Changsu is used by the prince, he will definitely make a few credits first to make up for the debt he owed to the prince in the past. At the same time, to win the ultimate trust, we will naturally bear the brunt of that.”
As he spoke, Prince Yu felt even more uneasy in his heart, so he stood up irritably, "This man has no sleight of hand, I must not let the prince take the lead."
Qin Banruo sat down slowly, and said thoughtfully, "Then if His Highness is ahead of the crown prince and gets Mei Changsu as his subordinate, would you like to trust him wholeheartedly without any suspicion?"
During this period of time, King Yu only thought about how to take this Jiang Zuo Meilang under his command, but he really didn't think about how to use it after taking it, and he couldn't answer for a while.
"No matter how good a talent is, if you grab it and don't dare to use it, what's the benefit?" Qin Banruo is extremely smart, so he will stop at this point. think.
After a long time, the silver gauze lamp on the desk made a sound of beeping, and the faint smell of candle oil wafted out. Qin Banruo got up and removed the lampshade, took silver scissors to cut off the candle flowers, and glanced at King Yu with the tail of his eyes.
"If you can't even bring down a Mei Changsu... what are you talking about?" King Yu didn't seem to see her eyes, but his voice sounded at this moment, "Hannya, pay attention to the Prince's movements for me, Ben. Wang... must get Mei Changsu."