When they arrived at Phoenix Terrace, it was already time for lunch. The waiter came up to them and coughed to tell them, "Young Master Lin is here. He will be waiting for you at Fangfei Garden."
After Lin San Shao finished his trial of Chu Jingmeng's case, he disappeared for a while. Chu Jingwu hadn't seen him for more than ten days. When he heard that he was back and saw that Shen Chen didn't have any special reaction, he knew that Shen Chen must know where Lin San Shao had gone. He couldn't help but follow him and ask, "What was Lin San Shao doing this time? Is it related to the matter between King Jin and Chu Jingxing?"
Otherwise, why would Shen Chen take him there today to tell Chu Jingxing that they were going to Fujian soon
There was no need for Shen Chen to go over and say it specifically.
Moreover, it is really strange that Shen Chen and King Linjiang know that Chu Jingxing is still connected with the Xiao family.
After all, just before his father set off more than ten days ago, they said that everything had been arranged. Chu Jingxing's hands and feet had been cut off and he could not do anything.
"Why do you have so many questions?" Young Master Lin leaned on the attic and looked at him, still as calm and composed as ever: "I've only been standing here for a while, and I've heard you ask so many questions?"
Chu Jingwu snorted unhappily: "If I were like you and could get information from my father, I wouldn't ask so many questions."
As he spoke, he entered the house. Shen Chen sat sideways and started to make tea. He glanced at Lin Sanshao and asked directly, "Did you just come back?"
Young Master Lin hummed and put down the cup: "The person has already run away, I can't catch up with him."
Chu Jingwu was very sensitive and immediately asked him, "Did you go after Prince Jin?"
Prince Jin killed Liu Dong and others, and Young Master Lin disappeared after that. Now that I think about it, he must have gone there specifically to capture Prince Jin.
Young Master Lin nodded. Although he had traveled a long distance and had just come out of the palace, he did not look depressed or vicissitudes of life. He said to Shen Chen, "There is a chief secretary beside the King of Jin. I heard that he trusts him very much. His memorials were all drafted by this chief secretary."
Although the Prince of Jin was not caught, the Princess of Jin and the concubine were.
It is enough to ask them about many unknown secrets.
For example, Xue Changshi, whom King Jin trusted very much, was the only person he brought back from his fiefdom to the capital, and had to bring back to his fiefdom from the capital, even if it meant abandoning his wife and concubine.
This person is also the think tank of King Jin.
Young Master Lin took a sip of tea, slowly put down the cup and looked at Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu, saying word by word: "This Xue Changshi is quite interesting. He used to be a Hanlin, but was later dismissed and then worked for the King of Jin. But what's more interesting is that he is the adopted son of the Xiao family."
Xiao family.
Chu Jingwu and Shen Chen looked at each other and suddenly realized.
In other words, this Xue Changshi is Chu Jingxing's man
"How many people does Chu Jingxing have?" He felt a little unbelievable: "Haven't all his people been replaced by my father?"
Young Master Lin slowly raised his eyebrows: "Your father was also deceived by your eldest brother. Your eldest brother is really not an easy person to deal with. I'm afraid he has done many things that we don't know about."
Moreover, I'm afraid that when he stayed in the capital as a hostage, he was not isolated and helpless, and was bullied from all sides. This person could cover up his true purpose with layers of masks without making a sound, and he could also successfully deceive King Linjiang and Shen Chen.
How scheming is this person
Chu Jingwu felt horrified. Although he knew that his brother was not a very positive person, he did not expect that Chu Jingxing had so many secrets.
He was stunned for a moment before he murmured, "But why did he do this?"
What on earth was he planning to do by arranging so many people
Shen Chen glanced at Young Master Lin, and they both raised their lips at the same time, revealing a knowing smile.
"I can only say that his ambition is not due to you and me." Shen Chen's restraint and guilt towards Chu Jingxing before finally disappeared at this moment, and he laughed sarcastically: "But these are probably not important anymore."
Young Master Lin glanced at him and said, "I've told you that you have too much sympathy, but you just don't admit it." He put down the cup coldly and tapped the table with his slender fingers. "He never took you two seriously from the beginning to the end. He only cared about the attitude of King Linjiang. In the past, King Linjiang didn't express his dissatisfaction with him, so he just muddled along. But once King Linjiang showed a preference, he immediately took action. So in the final analysis, it's better to say that he is worried that the power in his parents' hands will not go to him, but to Jingwu's hands."
Young Master Lin spoke quickly and urgently, as if he didn't even give Shen Chen and Chu Jingwu time to react, and then he said, "Do you know how long he has been entrapped by Prince Jin this time, Xue Changshi? It's been seven years, but why don't you think about it, how old was he seven years ago?"
Chu Jingxing is only twenty years old now.
In other words, he had already developed his own power when he was thirteen years old.
And he placed people around the most useless Prince Jin.
Then, the other princes...
Even in the palace...
Shen Chen frowned.
Chu Jingwu took a deep breath.
For the first time, he examined his brother and found that he was not the kind of narrow-minded person who would make mistakes because of his parents' favoritism.
Everything he does is done with careful thought and careful consideration.
In other words, it is possible that even his mistakes were made after careful consideration.
"Then he dealt with Shen Chen, and the thing he did wrong..." Chu Jingwu swallowed his saliva and asked with some difficulty: "Did he do it on purpose?"
But if it was really intentional, then why
Young Master Lin hummed and smiled as a matter of course: "What's there to be confused about? Think about it, although he made a mistake and his seal of the crown prince was taken away, but at the same time, what did he get?"
What did you get
In Chu Jingwu's opinion, he got nothing.
"No." Shen Chen looked at Chu Jingwu seriously and answered his doubts: "He did get it. He successfully made father and us think that he was just a short-sighted person who was prone to acting impulsively and could no longer attack others after his hands and feet were knocked off. In fact, father did relax his vigilance a little..."
At least if it weren't for Young Master Lin's careful investigation, it would be difficult to find out Xue Changshi's background, not to mention linking it to Chu Jingxing.