Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 650 The target is His Royal Highness King Ning?

While discussing this age-old warning letter in the palace, the same thing was being discussed in the East Wing of Daiwang Mansion.

King Ning was not only the one who witnessed it, but also the first one among all the princes in Xijing to receive this letter, and the one who received the most letters, which contained more details than the descriptions of the Empress Dowager and Bai Meng.

"The first two times, I didn't care at all. The letter was thrown in the courtyard of the palace. If the boy sweeping the yard didn't see it, I would have thought it was trash thrown away. I read the contents of the letter, and my first reaction was It’s just that the person who wrote the letter lost his mind and went crazy. Isn’t this a fantasy? So, I guess someone thought I was not pleasing to the eye, and wrote something randomly to make trouble. As a result, when the third letter came, I felt that this matter It's unusual, it shouldn't be making trouble, the other party is serious."

King Ning held a Mrs. Tang to cover his hands, narrowed his eyes and recalled what happened many years ago, and suddenly found that even after many years, his memory of this incident is still so deep and vivid, which shows how frightened he was at that time. unforgettable.

"The lord didn't take any measures?" Shen Haolin and Shen Cha glanced at each other, feeling that letting others manipulate this matter was not in line with Prince Ning's usual style. "Or the prince's measures didn't have any effect?"

"Although it's embarrassing to say it, I still have to admit that it's really useless. If there were shadows at that time, they would definitely grab their tails and not make them run away." King Ning looked at Shen Cha, "You may not It is too clear that the shadow was actually established by my suggestion to the late emperor, and the original purpose was only to ensure the safety of the clan, important officials, and nobles, and I never thought that you would develop to the scale you are now."

"My lord is the first and the one who has received the most letters of this kind. Are all the letters the same?"

"Basically the same." Ning Wang nodded slightly, "Threats, just a few words over and over again, of course, how to say it, you can't say that if you don't do it, we will massage your legs and squeeze your shoulders Or would I just cry, make trouble, and hang myself? Although what they did later was not much different from this, what was written on paper is still different from what was actually done.” Tired of talking, he stopped After coming down, he took a sip of warm water, and continued, "I went to court on the third day after I received this letter, and was stayed by the late emperor, only then did I know that the palace had also received the letter, with the same content and the same handwriting. , from the same hand."

"The handwriting is the same?"

"This is a kind of misleading, trying to mislead us, there is only one person on the other side from the beginning to the end. But..." King Ning shook his head lightly, "It is impossible for one person to do so many and such a big thing. Besides, can It is absolutely impossible to put the letter by the late emperor's pillow in the palace without anyone noticing. In this regard, they are clever but were mistaken by their cleverness."

"Because that letter first appeared in Concubine Shu's palace, and it frightened Concubine Shu so badly that she arrested all the maids and servants in her palace and handed them over to the Secretary of the Inner Court. I escaped this catastrophe. But nothing was found out, because no matter where the late emperor went, that letter would follow." Wu Qingruo sneered, "The other party felt that there was a loophole in his plan, and we found out that it was not If there is only one person, it will simply break the jar."

"Wait, I thought of something!" Shen Cha looked at Wu Qingruo and then at King Ning, "At the beginning of the year when the first emperor died, two palaces in the northwest of the palace suddenly flooded, burning to death more than a dozen people in the palace. The maids and servants who passed by, stayed there, and ran to put out the fire. If I’m not mistaken, they should be the messenger who delivered the letter? So, was the fire... intentional?”

"It's intentional, it's just a coincidence." King Ning laughed, "It's their bad luck. It is said that they were there to pass the news that day."

"Why are you so sure?" Shen Cha raised her eyebrows, "Is there a living?"

"There must be more than these few insiders. After this fire, we took the opportunity to arrest all those who were suspicious and those who survived by chance. Anyway, they are tearing each other apart." King Ning sighed, "It's just that these people's The bones are really hard, some clenched their teeth until they died and refused to speak, and some finally couldn't bear it and confided some inside information. But..." He shook his head lightly, "It's all irrelevant, they It’s not a big deal for us to find out if we just spend some time. At the same time, it can also prove that these people in the palace are just pawns and cannot reach the core.”

"My lord is right." Shen Haolin nodded, "We can take a look at the context of the whole incident. First of all, the palace and all the mansions in Beijing received this letter, but they were not taken seriously at first, and the other party was out of breath. Immediately afterwards, For ten consecutive days, this letter appeared beside the late emperor's pillow. The late emperor urgently summoned the princes, important ministers and nobles who also received similar letters to enter the palace to study countermeasures. Everyone stayed in the palace for two full days and left the palace after two days. Resuming their respective lives, tacitly no longer mentioning this matter. Half a month later, those unexpected trifles happened frequently, which lasted for nearly three years. Three years later, it was revealed that the prince conspired against the country, and Mrs. Xue Hou was collaborating with the enemy and treason , and..." He paused, "The so-called small cases that were deliberately covered up and no one cared about them. In the second year after these cases happened, there was a fire in the palace, and at the end of the year, the late emperor died of illness, and Song Jue ascended the throne."

"Well, that's true." King Ning rubbed his chin, "Have you noticed any tricks here?"

"Headed by Mrs. Xuehou, these dead people are all related to His Highness." Shen Haolin looked at King Ning expressionlessly, "Can it be explained that this organization is not targeting the Song family or Daxia, but Where are you, Your Highness King Ning!"

King Ning and Wu Qingruo looked at each other, and they didn't speak for a long time. After almost a cup of tea, they both sighed at the same time.

"The children nowadays are really amazing, nothing can be hidden from their eyes."

"Your Highness praises you." Shen Haolin and Shen Cha exchanged glances, and from the reactions of the two, it could be seen that their guess was correct. "It's just a bystander. We are not witnesses. We are not in such an environment. We can see it better than His Highness."

"It took me a long time to figure out what it was like. It was indeed aimed at me. The first time the letter appeared was when I was given a so-called virtuous king's hat outside, there was no sign of it before."

"The target is Your Highness..." Shen Cha lightly tapped on the table, and seriously looked at King Ning who was leaning on the bed, "What secrets does Your Highness have?"

"I don't know." King Ning shook his head lightly, smiled wryly, "This is what I have been investigating."

Shen Cha withdrew his gaze, glanced casually at the letter on the table, saw the seal of the envelope and the signature pattern at the end of the letter, and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong? What did you find?" Shen Haolin noticed Shen Cha's slightly changed expression, and sighed, "This pattern..."

"Brother, do you think it looks familiar? Have you seen it somewhere?"

"No." Shen Haolin shook his head with certainty, "I haven't seen it before!"

"What? Let me take a look!" Jin Miaomiao leaned over curiously to take a look, and instantly widened her eyes, "Xiaocha! Xiaocha! That! That!"

"That?" Shen Cha looked blank, "Which one?"

"Wanyan and Wen!" Jin Miaomiao patted Shen Cha's shoulder hard, "Wuma Town, there is a pattern on Wanyan and Wen's back!"

(End of this chapter)