Ye Chang was startled, and Su Fengnuan was also startled.
Crazy Yi is dead? Died in his room
Ye Chang stood up, walked to the door, and asked Qian Han in a deep voice, "How did you die?"
Qian Han said, "I haven't done the autopsy yet. I just checked that he has no pulse. I'll tell the prince first. If the prince didn't let me check him just now, I don't know he's dead yet."
Ye Chang pursed her lips and looked back at Su Fengnuan.
Su Fengnuan also stood up at this time, and said to Ye Chang, "Where does he live? Let's go and have a look now."
Ye Chang nodded, and said to Qian Han, "Go and get two rain capes, and two umbrellas."
Qian Han went immediately.
Not long after, Qian Han fetched two ponchos, handed one to Su Fengnuan and one to Ye Chang. The two dressed properly, held an umbrella, and went out of the room.
It rained in the middle of the night, and because of the excellent drainage channels in the Rong An Palace, only a thin layer of water accumulated on the ground.
Qian Han was holding the shade lamp in front, and the two walked side by side behind. The heavy rain hit the umbrella, making a crackling noise.
After leaving the main courtyard, bypassing the water pavilion, he came to the courtyard where Crazy Yi was housed.
Qian Han went into the room, and the lights were already on. Madman Yi sat on a chair by the window with a calm expression, one arm was hanging on the table, and the sleeve of the broken arm was empty.
The doors and windows are closed, and there is tea, a sheet of paper, and a pen on the table.
Qian Han opened the door curtain, turned sideways, and said to Ye Chang, "Your Majesty asked me to check if he had been out of the mansion, and I asked the guards in the mansion, and they said he had never been out of the mansion. He hasn't rested yet, so I was very surprised, so I stopped by to take a look, only to find that he was dead."
Ye Chang walked in, and Su Fengnuan also stepped into the threshold.
When he came to the table, Ye Chang saw the paper on the table with indistinct handwriting on the back. He picked it up, opened it, and saw the words on the paper: "Forgive me, Shizi Ye, I ask for the underworld, and I will form a grass ring in the next life." , I just hope that the wind and shadow will not follow."
Just a few words.
Ye Chang put down the paper, his face was a little ugly.
Su Fengnuan naturally also saw the words on the paper, Fengying is the name of Fengmei. She took a step forward to give Yi Fengzi his pulse, and found that he had no pulse at all, and when he opened his mouth, it was covered in blood, and he killed himself by biting his tongue.
She withdrew her hand and said to Ye Chang, "I didn't expect him to die so simply, even Fengmei let go. It can be seen that there is really some secret hidden. The person who assassinated you is definitely not him. He should be a cover-up of the killer behind. At that time, in the assassination case of your shipwreck and drowning, there should be another person hidden under the water, who used a clever spring to shoot a hidden weapon from the water on you."
Ye Chang nodded with deep eyes.
Su Feng said warmly, "In this case, it can explain that Master Lingyun has the same hidden weapon technique as you. This assassin behind the scenes is not only proficient in hidden weapons, but also proficient in ingenuity."
Ye Chang turned to her and asked, "As far as you know, who is such a person in Jianghu?"
Su Fengnuan said, "There are many people who know hidden weapons and ingenious techniques. I know no fewer than a dozen people, but this alone can't explain anything. It may be an anonymous person, and I don't even know. After all, the world is also Not small. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and as big as the world is, there are rivers and lakes."
Ye Chang turned to look at Madman Yi again, "How long has he been dead? Can you tell?"
Su Feng said warmly, "The body has been completely cold, at least two hours."
Ye Chang sneered, "My Prince Rong'an Mansion is not to say that it is solid, but it is not a pile of broken copper and iron, and outsiders can't easily come in. There is no information inside without my permission, and no information can be released. But the information outside, I can know immediately. It seems that during the half day since I was in a coma, the news of the accident at Lingyun Temple has already been sent back to the capital, and Madman Yi must have heard the news."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "The person who attacked you and Master Lingyun must be someone who is extremely important to Madman Yi. He would rather lose his arm on behalf of the other party, and would rather leave Beauty Feng to die than to hide it. I can't think of anything, except Beauty Feng, who else made Madman Yi go to such a level that he would lose his life."
Ye Chang looked at Madman Yi angrily and said, "He should be dragged out to feed the dogs! He died in my house, dirty the place."
Su Fengnuan sighed, "He can be regarded as a man of love and righteousness." After saying that, he said, "You rescued him from the emperor's Qingwu guard, and he died as soon as you brought him back to the mansion. It's like Lingyun The one and only thread of the same over the temple is broken. Now there is no way to get anything out of the dead man's mouth."
Ye Chang pursed his lips and asked, "You said that Xu Yunchu is currently investigating the matter of Lingyun Temple?"
Su Fengnuan nodded.
Ye Chang asked, "Where is the prince?"
Su Fengnuan shook his head, "The prince has a stomach upset, and Xu Yunchu happened to be here, so he will naturally leave these matters to him."
Ye Chang snorted, "This is really interesting." After finishing speaking, he said to her, "You go back to my yard to rest first, and I will go to the palace."
Su Fengnuan looked at him, "Are you going to find the emperor?"
Ye Chang said with a sullen face, "This matter is not trivial, and it should be reported to the emperor as soon as possible. If you say that the boat sinking in the East Lake hurts me alone, and blames the East Palace, it is a small matter, but the prince Zhongwushanghua, Master Lingyun's assassination case, and now Crazy Yi killed himself by biting his tongue, breaking the only clue. It's not a trivial matter."
Su Fengnuan nodded and said to him, "In the middle of the night, it's raining heavily outside again. I'm worried, and I'll go into the palace with you."
Ye Chang looked at her, "You just follow me like this?"
Su Fengnuan said, "I will disguise myself as a guard in your mansion and enter the palace with you. On such a heavy rainy night, when you enter the palace, you always have to bring two guards. Qianhan counts as one, and I disguise myself as another. "
Ye Chang calmed down a little, and smiled, "Nuan Nuan cares about me the most, okay."
Su Fengnuan glared at him, "What time is it? You still have the mood to say this." After finishing speaking, she said, "Order people to guard this place, and no one is allowed to enter." After finishing speaking, she said again, " Got clothes for the guard? Give me one."
Ye Chang looked at Qian Han, "Go and get one, there should be guard clothes that are suitable for her stature."
"Yes, I'll get it right away." Qian Han went immediately.
Not long after, Qian Han brought clothes, Su Fengnuan took off his coat, put it on his body, took out the dressing plaster and mirror, and after two or three strokes, his face changed, and he pulled out the red hairpin and tied it into a man's hair Ji, in the blink of an eye, is a bodyguard just like him.
Ye Chang saw that she took care of herself quickly, picked up the paper on the table, and said to Qian Han, "Send some people to guard this place."
Qian Han responded and went out to give orders.
Ye Chang and Su Fengnuan went out of the room, Qian Han had already given orders, and she held a shade lamp in front of her head to illuminate the road, and the two of them wore rain capes and umbrellas, and walked outside the mansion.
When they came to the gate of the mansion, the carriage was ready, and the three of them got on the carriage and headed to the palace.
With such a heavy rain, the streets are full of water, and it is very difficult for a carriage to travel. In the entire capital, except for the brightly lit red building where Hongxiu Xiangfen made a living by playing the flute every night, there were only a few houses with their lights on.
Prince Rong An's Mansion is not far from the palace, and after a while, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace.
Qian Han got out of the carriage and said loudly to the guards guarding the palace gate, "My eldest son has something important to see the emperor, please trouble Tong Bing."
Someone looked down from the wall of the palace gate, answered, and went immediately.
The emperor had already received news of the accident at Lingyun Temple, and immediately received Feng Sheng's letter. After reading it, he threw the letter in front of the jade case. But hearing that Ye Chang had a high fever and was unconscious, he had no choice but to give up.
That night, it was raining heavily outside, the little eunuch reminded him several times, but the emperor still stayed in the imperial study and did not go back to the palace to sleep.
After the second watch, the emperor was really tired, so he threw away the imperial pen and planned to get up and go back to the palace.
At this moment, a guard reported, "Your Majesty, Ye Shizi is asking to see you outside the palace gate."
The emperor was stunned, "Didn't he catch the wind and cold, and fell into a coma due to high fever? Why did he come here?"
The guard shook his head, "I don't know, but it is indeed the carriage of Prince Rong An's Mansion waiting outside the palace gate."
The emperor waved his hand when he heard the words, "Xuan."
The guard immediately left the imperial study room, came to the palace gate, and ordered people to open the palace gate.
To enter the palace, one had to untie their swords, Qian Han and Su Fengnuan both untied their guards' sabers, and followed Ye Chang into the palace gate.
At this time, the heavy rain seemed to be heavier. The rain was accompanied by the wind, and it was chilly. Although the three of them were wearing rain capes, their legs were still half wet by the rain.
Su Fengnuan thought that Ye Chang had just lost his fever, so he came out to toss like this, a little distressed, and asked him in a low voice, "Is it cold?"
Ye Chang turned his head to look at her, shook his head, "It's not cold, I can bear it, how about you?"
Su Fengnuan also shook his head, "I have a much better physique than you."
Ye Chang smiled, "Not long ago, I don't know who was tired and fell asleep."
Su Fengnuan choked, and whispered, "That's better than you."
Ye Chang no longer refuted her, and nodded with a smile.
When he came to the imperial study room, Ye Chang signaled Su Fengnuan and Qianhan to stop, and he walked to the door by himself. The little eunuch was ordered by the emperor to wait at the eaves. Seeing Ye Chang coming, he took a look at the two guards following him , because Su Fengnuan was an unfamiliar face, he took a second look and said hastily, "Please hurry up, my son, the emperor is waiting for you."
Ye Chang nodded, the little eunuch pushed open the door, opened the curtain, and invited Ye Chang in.
Ye Chang stepped into the threshold, handed the umbrella to the little eunuch, took off the poncho, and was about to greet the emperor.
The emperor looked at him with a pale face, and his complexion, which had regained some strength due to an illness, disappeared. He came in from the outside, feeling the cold all over his body, he waved his hands, "There's no need to be too polite, it's raining so heavily, you came to see me late at night, what's the matter?"
Ye Chang said to him, "I just found out that Madman Yi is dead. He died in his room. He killed himself by biting his tongue. I think I should report this to you."
The emperor was stunned, "You mean the Yi lunatic who assassinated you? I sent Qingwuwei to arrest him, and you took this opportunity to take him into the mansion. He bit his tongue and killed himself?"
Ye Chang nodded, "It's him."
The emperor frowned, "What's going on? Why did he commit suicide? Did you torture him? He couldn't stand it so he committed suicide?"
Ye Chang shook his head, "I haven't had time to deal with him since I brought him back to the mansion." After saying that, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the emperor, "This is the handwriting left by him before he died."
The emperor took it over, glanced at it, and lowered his face, "You neither tortured him nor punished him, why did he commit suicide suddenly?"
Ye Chang said, "After I woke up, I heard that something happened in Lingyun Temple. Master Lingyun was murdered. The hidden weapon he used was a bone-piercing nail smeared with poison, which was exactly the same as the bone-piercing nail I used that day. , highly poisonous, and the techniques are exactly the same. I asked Qian Han to find out if Crazy Yi had left the mansion in the past two days, but it was found that he hadn't, but he died."
"So?" the emperor looked at him.
Ye Chang rubbed his brows and said, "I heard that Master Lingyun was not a hidden weapon shot by someone, but someone used a trick to set up a hidden weapon in the desk, which was automatically released and took people's lives. But Yi Crazy It must not be him who did not leave my mansion. Even the highly poisonous technique is really speculative. I guessed that the one who assassinated me that day should be someone else, not Yi Crazy, Yi Crazy is just a cover. He is now Suicide should also be to protect the people behind it.”
The emperor's face was very ugly when he heard the words, "There is a wave of ups and downs, when did this Lingyun Town become so chaotic? Or, for so many years, did I indulge those reckless and killers? It made them even more insane? "
Ye Chang immediately said, "I have never stepped into the rivers and lakes. All these years, the offenders are only people inside and outside the capital. And the crown prince, for many years, has never left the East Palace. Master Lingyun is a monk and has always been kind to others, let alone It will offend people in the Jianghu." After a pause, he said, "I'm afraid it was done by people in the Jianghu. Even if it was, it should be ordered by someone."
The emperor thought it was reasonable, and when he heard the words, his face became even more gloomy and ugly, and said, "The Southern Qin Dynasty has been peaceful for many years. This year, the Northern Zhou Dynasty raised troops on the border and defeated the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After the Northern Zhou Dynasty was defeated, several major cases have occurred one after another. If we don't find out who is behind the murder as soon as possible Whoever instigates it may lead to even bigger troubles."
Ye Chang nodded.
The emperor said, "I have received a report from Feng Sheng, saying that the crown prince will be handed over to Xu Yunchu for a thorough investigation of the matter in Lingyun Town?"
Ye Chang nodded, "I heard it is."
The emperor sighed, "I can't even count on the prince." After speaking, he glanced at Ye Chang and sighed deeply, "Your injury has not fully healed, and now it is infected again. Wind and cold, I heard that Doctor Meng stayed in your residence for half a day, but failed to relieve your fever. Later, a girl hired from outside did it for you? Who is that woman? Her medical skills are even better than Doctor Meng’s. high?"
Ye Chang said, "She is the distant niece of the accountant in my mansion, and it is said that she has been studying medicine in the Valley of Miraculous Doctors."
"It turned out to be an apprentice from the Valley of Miraculous Doctors. No wonder it is better than my imperial doctor." The emperor looked at him and said, "I remember that the accountant in your mansion is called Wei Lin, right? It was the dowry given to your mother by Mrs. Ye back then. He also Understand medicine."
Ye Chang nodded, "Old Wei's medical skills are not superb, not as good as Doctor Meng's."
The emperor nodded, "What about the woman?"
Ye Chang said, "I've already left. She happened to come to see Mr. Wei. She caught up with my fever and helped me get rid of the fever before leaving." After a pause, he added, "People in the Jianghu are used to being loose and don't like the capital city. restrained."
The emperor nodded, "There are many talented people in the world, but most of them don't like to be restrained, and they don't want to come to the capital to take up an official position, and they don't want to take the imperial salary."
Ye Chang nodded, "Most people in the rivers and lakes have weird tempers and extreme behaviors, and they can't be restrained." After speaking, he said a little depressed, "It's like Crazy Yi, he committed suicide before I did anything to him."
The emperor looked at him, "A ruthless killer, he will die when he dies. Since he is not the one who killed you, you don't have to be depressed."
Ye Chang said, "It was really unnecessary at the beginning. If you bring your Qingwuwei back, maybe you won't let him die so simply."
The emperor looked at him and said with a smile, "You are the only one who dares to snatch someone from my Qingwuwei. I thought you would torture him, so I just let it go. In the hands of Qingwuwei, he might live Just one day." After a pause, he patted Ye Chang's shoulder, "You are just like your father, after all, you have a kind heart."
Ye Chang lowered his head, looked at the ground, and said in a low voice, "Father is kind-hearted, but I am not kind. I have thought about him staying in my mansion as a slave, even if he doesn't say anything, buy evil behind his back." People must be afraid that he will leak it sooner or later, and will eventually go to the mansion to kill him. I used him as a guide to find out the person behind the murder. But I didn't expect that he bit his tongue and killed himself first, and now the clues are completely cut off. "
The emperor smiled when he heard the words, "It's not good if you have a kind heart. A person with a kind heart will either live a hard life or live soon."
Ye Chang stopped talking.
The emperor said, "The person behind this is a good way to kill with strength. He used the same highly poisonous bone-piercing nails and techniques to assassinate Master Lingyun, which aroused everyone's doubts, and then exposed the madman Yi in your house. It should be extremely important. Therefore, after getting the news of Lingyun Temple, Yi Manzi chose to commit suicide in order to avoid being thoroughly investigated and to prevent the person from being exposed. In other words, the purpose behind Master Lingyun's assassination may be Force Crazy Yi to die."
Ye Chang pursed his lips, "Your analysis is reasonable." After finishing the sentence, he said, "It's all my fault, but I have a fever today, and I didn't have the strength to deal with it until late at night, but he is already dead..."
The emperor looked at him, "It just so happens that your health is important." After a pause, he continued, "Sometimes, death is not the end of everything. If everything ends because of a person's death, then the world will It won't be so complicated. Therefore, even if he dies, there is still a way to investigate."
Ye Chang looked at the emperor and said nothing.
The emperor said to him, "The crown prince has temporarily handed over the matter of Lingyun Temple to Xu Yunchu, and the matter of the sunken boat in the East Lake, I have handed it over to the King of Jin. The matter of finding out that the crown prince did not hurt the flower, I have handed it over to Feng Yang of the Fengyang Escort Bureau." Young Master, so far, there has been no progress." After finishing the sentence, he said, "Now, the case of Lingyun Temple is connected with the sinking of the East Lake painting boat, which is even more complicated. If I entrust all these cases to you, Thorough investigation with full authority, you may be competent?"
Ye Chang was taken aback.
The emperor looked at him, "I know that your previous injury has not fully healed. Now you have caught a cold and have just recovered from the fever, and your physical strength is not good enough. I can see that too. However, I have also indulged you in playing around for some years." Well, although your surname is Ye, you are a descendant of the emperor after all. The blood of my Liu family is in your blood. Back then, although King Rong An and Princess Wang died in battle, they kept the Southern Qi Dynasty peaceful for twelve years. Now it is not stable inside and outside You also have to shoulder the burden and heavy responsibility of protecting the family and the country of the Rong An Palace, so that you can live up to your identity as a native of the Rong An Palace."
Ye Chang lowered his head when he heard the words, was silent for a while, and said, "I'm still young."
The emperor laughed and scolded, "Although you are not as weak as the crown, you are already seventeen. When I was your age, I was already married and took charge of the government. You told me that you are still young?" After saying that, he laughed angrily, "Then , tell me, how many more years do you want to play around? Isn’t it too young?”
Ye Chang said, "Three to five years."
The emperor snorted, "You don't want to talk less to yourself." After finishing the sentence, he sighed and said, "If so many things don't happen one after another, the Southern Qi will be peaceful, and I will let you hang around for another three to five years, it's not impossible .Now..." He turned his head to look out of the window, showing a desolate expression, "It's raining too much, and my imperial study will inevitably be cold from the rain."
Ye Chang also looked out of the window when he heard the words, but fell silent again.
The emperor said to him, "This matter is so settled. I will issue a decree tomorrow morning and send it to the Rong'an Palace to hide the matter of the prince's innocent flowers, and only investigate these two major cases. Dali Temple and the Criminal Department will cooperate with you thoroughly." Check the case."
Ye Chang shook his head, "If I can't do it..."
The emperor sullenly said, "I'm behind you, what can't you do? You just investigate, and if you find out who is involved, you will be sent to the prison of the Criminal Ministry immediately. I don't believe it, the emperor and the royal family are really weak and can be bullied." Has it reached this point? How can someone act recklessly behind his back? I'm not dead yet."
Ye Chang gritted his teeth when he heard the words, knelt on the ground immediately, and said in a deep voice, "Ye Chang takes the order."
The emperor waved to him, "Get up, it's late at night, you go back, be careful on the road."
Ye Chang nodded, "The emperor also rested earlier." After saying that, he left the imperial study room.
Outside the imperial study room, under the eaves, Qian Han and Su Fengnuan had been waiting. Seeing Ye Chang come out, the two silently followed him out of the imperial study room and walked outside the palace.
After leaving the palace gate, Ye Chang glanced back, the palace gate followed him out, opened and closed, majestic and majestic in the heavy rain. He stopped in his tracks and whispered to Su Fengnuan, "Back then, father, mother, concubine, and all the soldiers died in battle and buried their bones at the border, just to protect such an imperial city."
Because of Su Fengnuan's ability to listen to the sound within ten steps, although he lost some of his skills in dispelling Ye Chang's heat, and because of the heavy rain, he couldn't hear it clearly, but he also listened to the conversation between him and the emperor. . She also looked back, the imperial palace in the heavy rain, the palace walls were thick and heavy.
Ye Chang whispered again, "General Su fought bloody battles at the border to prevent Northern Zhou from invading Mata Border Pass, and it was also for such an imperial city."
Su Fengnuan shook his head, "No, they are all for the people of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and they are looking for peace and prosperity for the country and the people."
Ye Chang looked at her, with the rain curtain between them, his eyes were fixed on her Yi Rong's face, only those eyes were extremely familiar. He shook his head and said softly, "Southern Qi is the country of the Liu family, and the people are also the people of the Liu family. If there is no this imperial palace, the world will change, the country will collapse, and there will be no country and people's peace. In the end, it is all one. It's up."
Su Fengnuan was silent, speechless.
Ye Chang stretched out his hand to help her gather up the poncho, stopped talking, and said, "Let's go."
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