Judge of the Lamp

The eldest son of the emperor, Hong Huaxiao, went to the north 19 years ago.

What is his purpose in going to the north?
Just as Xu Zhiqiong was about to ask Luo Hui and Li Jie to find the file, he swallowed the words again.

It is impossible for the Shenji Division to have a file on the eldest son of the emperor, nor any files on the royal family. Asking about it will only show cowardice.

The royal family has hawks and dogs, so it is impossible to have the power to investigate the master.

This matter had to be investigated by the eunuch, so Xu Zhiqiong went to the Zhonglang Court in time to explain the matter to Chang Decai.

Back at the Department of Divine Machines, Xu Zhiqiong continued to check the files of the Charm, and he found that all the records about the Charm were mostly from folk rumors, without any real evidence, or similar to Shan Zhongming's actions, which were purely bullying good women .

There are only three succubi that are truly documented.

The first one has been in chaos in Shenlin City for more than ten years, and then disappeared.

The second one had been in chaos in the northern border for more than ten years and was killed by Yuan Chengfeng.

The third one appeared in Yuhai City, and after several years of chaos, it disappeared.

Xu Zhiqiong wanted to compare the methods of these three charmers, but found that there were no detailed records in the file, only that they each killed hundreds of people, and all of them were men.

The Charm in the north often haunts the deep mountains and old forests, but he has also been to many deep houses and courtyards.

The Charm in Shenlin City has killed many poor people, but it has also killed many high-ranking officials.

The Charm of Yuhai City often haunts the seaside, but it also appeared on a boat. There were more than 50 boatmen on one boat, and she didn't let go of any of them.

The targets of their crimes seem to be random. The only thing worth noting is that three years after the Charm of God's Lincheng disappeared, the Charm of the North appeared.

Two years after the death of the Charm in the Northern Territory, the Charm in Yuhai City appeared.

Could it be that these three succubi are the same one?
This is only a conjecture made in chronological order, and Xu Zhiqiong could not find any other evidence.

After investigating until late at night, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't figure it out.

This was a pain for Luo Hui and Li Jie, and they didn't dare to leave the Divine Machine Division if the Master Shushou didn't leave.

Normally, Shan Zhongming had an evening party, and he had already gone to find a place for entertainment. There were many wives and concubines at home, and there were so many outside rooms, and outside the outside rooms, there were still friends who had no names and no distinctions. Shan Zhongming was very busy at night.

They also really couldn't figure out why the chief minister was so abnormal today.

In the middle of Xushi, Changde sent news about the eldest son of the emperor.

The eunuchs didn't have any files about the emperor's eldest son, but they got some rumors from the old eunuch and the old palace people.

The eldest son of the emperor went to the northern border at the age of 33 and stayed in the northern border for 20 years.

Xu Zhiqiong was speechless for a while, which was quite different from his previous deduction.

He always thought that the eldest son of the emperor was killed by a demon in the northern border at a young age, but in fact, the eldest son of the emperor was already 53 years old when he died!
He originally thought that the eldest son of the emperor just went to the north by accident, let alone the eldest son of the emperor stayed for 20 years.

What has he done in the past 20 years?
Did that god let his own son be stationed at the frontier?
and many more!

There is another key issue. 19 years ago, the 53-year-old eldest son of the emperor was killed by a demon.

If the eldest son of the emperor lived to this day, he would be 72 years old.

Then the problem is coming.

The emperor of Qiancheng Kingdom, when did he give birth to the eldest son of the emperor?

Even if he was born early, and he had his eldest son at the age of 15, then the god is at least 87 years old.

God is 87 years old?

Maybe even older?
The god Xu Zhiqiong saw in the court hall was only in his 50s.

He has cultivation!

What kind of Taoism is he, and how many ranks has he reached?

He happened to be sick today, was he really sick, or was he promoted?

Xu Zhiqiong thought of another person, Hong Zhenji.

Judging by his face, Hong Zhenji should be about the same age as the god Hong Juncheng.

Hong Juncheng is 90 years old, and he is still his elder brother. How old is Hong Zhenji this year?

Does he also have cultivation?
This fellow pretends to be foolish and lied to me!

Xu Zhiqiong broke out in a cold sweat, he might have oversimplified Hong Zhenji.

But calm down and think about it carefully, maybe things are not that complicated.

A level of cultivation equals three points of life expectancy. Every time a person rises to a level, his life span will be extended by [-]%. As long as he has a level of seven cultivation, his life expectancy will be twice that of ordinary people.

At the age of 90, it is not unreasonable to look only in his 50s.

Hong Juncheng and Hong Zhenji's cultivation may not be advanced, at least Hong Zhenji is still under Xu Zhiqiong's control, so it's good to ask them face to face.

But I can't ask directly now, Xu Zhiqiong's current identity is Shan Zhongming, and Shan Zhongming always runs to the Shu Palace, this matter is not clear.

Xu Zhiqiong immediately ordered to return to the capital, Luo Hui and Li Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair.

After returning to the mansion, the butler Shan Yongping came to the door in a hurry, and said anxiously: "Master, something serious has happened, Miss Lu'er and the wives are fighting!"

"There's a fight?" Xu Zhiqiong glanced in the direction of Dongkuayuan, "Is it really a fight, or is there a quarrel?"

"At first it was just an argument, but I got anxious and started to fight. I didn't expect Miss Lu to be so ruthless that she injured several wives."

Xu Zhiqiong didn't care about the injuries of the ladies, and then asked: "Is it still going on, or is it over?"

The housekeeper was stunned, and looked at Xu Zhiqiong in surprise: "The fight started in the afternoon, and it broke up at dusk. The ladies are all crying in the main courtyard, waiting for the master to make the decision."

Xu Zhiqiong waved his hands and said, "The Lord will not do it, I'm still resting in Dongkuayuan tonight."

The housekeeper looked puzzled: "Those ladies are still crying..."

"Go over and persuade them. If you are tired from crying, let them all sleep."

Xu Zhiqiong couldn't get involved in this matter, he wasn't afraid of being bullied, but he didn't want to see Shan Zhongming's wives and concubines.

No matter how superb the disguise technique is, Xu Zhiqiong will definitely show his flaws in front of his wife and concubines.

After entering the bedroom, Han Di said with red eyes: "Brother, I caused trouble for you, it's not that the younger sister can't hold back the anger, it's that those women are too bullying, insisting that I kneel down and serve them tea , what kind of family law do you want to beat me..."

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Anyway, you didn't lose."

"That's impossible to lose. Just a few of them shrews, plus servants and maidservants, are no match for me. I said... Brother, why did you take that puppet out again?"

Xu Zhiqiong put the puppet on the bed: "Junior Sister, you are still sleeping with him tonight, I have something important to do here."

Xu Zhiqiong climbed over the wall and left the capital, and went straight to Hong Zhenji's mansion.

Hong Zhenji had just fallen asleep with his arms around the two concubines when he suddenly felt a slight chill on his neck.

Opening his eyes lightly, he saw Xu Zhiqiong patted Hong Zhenji's neck with a mandarin duck blade with a smile on his face: "King Shu, follow me."

After speaking, Xu Zhiqiong disappeared.

Hong Zhenji got up quickly, and the two concubines also woke up.

Seeing the prince got out of bed, the concubine hurriedly followed, Hong Zhenji glared at each other angrily: "You two go to sleep, don't make a sound!"

After leaving the bedroom, Xu Zhiqiong was waiting in the outer room. Hong Zhenji was worried that the two concubines in the inner room would hear him, so he frequently waved to Xu Zhiqiong.

Xu Zhiqiong sealed the outer room with a circle, and asked Hong Zhenji, "King Shu, how old are you?"

Hong Zhenji was taken aback for a moment: "The widow is fifty-five this year."

"55 years old," Xu Zhiqiong smiled, "How old is your elder brother Shenjun?"

Xu Zhiqiong was waiting for him to talk nonsense, if he dared to say that he was five or sixty years old, Xu Zhiqiong beat him up immediately.

Unexpectedly, Hong Zhenji replied without thinking: "Brother is 91 years old this year."

"91? He's 36 years older than you?"

Hong Zhenji nodded: "Father gave birth to him at the age of 22, and to me at the age of 58."

58 years old ...

It is not impossible.

"The faces of your gods don't look like they're in their 90s."

"Since the emperor succeeded to the throne at the age of 52, he has the body of a true god, so he does not see aging."

Succession at the age of 52.

Calculated according to his age, he had the eldest son Hong Huaxiao when he was 19 years old. When Hong Juncheng succeeded to the throne, the eldest son Hong Huaxiao was just 33 years old.

When Hong Juncheng succeeded to the throne, he sent Hong Huaxiao to the northern border. What was the reason for this?
"Do you know why your gods sent their eldest son to the north?"

Hong Zhenji said: "I am younger than the eldest son of the emperor. I was only 16 years old when he went to the northern border. At that time, the imperial decree said that the banditry in the northern border was rampant, and the god sent his son to suppress the bandits."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "The bandits have been suppressed for 20 years?"

Hong Zhenji hesitated to speak, Xu Zhiqiong slapped his hand, Hong Zhenji covered his face.

"Actually, there were some rumors at the time that the eldest son of the emperor had passed his age and had no heirs. He had lived in the city of the gods for a long time, which was not good for the gods, so he was sent to the north."

33 years old, no children.

"The eldest son of the emperor has no children for life?"

Hong Zhenji nodded and said, "There should be some unspeakable illness."

The so-called unspeakable disease is the disease of infertility.

In the royal family, infertility is not uncommon. In the history of Daxuan, there have been infertile emperors who had no offspring and could not pass the throne to their sons.

A barren prince is indeed not suitable to be an emperor, but it is enough not to pass the throne to the eldest son, and it is not necessary to drive the eldest son out of the capital for this matter.

I am afraid that the reason is not as simple as infertility.

Xu Zhiqiong was sorting out the timeline in his mind when he suddenly realized that the hour of Hai had arrived.

He hurriedly left Prince Shu's Mansion and entered the Siguo Room, and as expected, the dancer really appeared in front of him.

"Officer, you are here again."

Xu Zhiqiong remained silent, and sat quietly in a corner of the Siguo room.

Sitting next to Xu Zhiqiong, the dancer asked in amazement, "Officer, you won't fight today, but you're going to be slave?"

Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.

The dancer said again: "If you don't make a sound, I'll take it as your agreement. Just tell me, the snake moves forward and retreats, or the jade embellishes the pearl? The door overlaps, or the ileum? The servant wants a little essence, the official Just reward me, I guarantee that the servants will be considerate."

Xu Zhiqiong raised his head, looked at the dancer girl and said, "You are a man with nine twists and turns, so where do you start?"

The dancer was stunned: "Officer, what are you talking about? Who do you say is a man?"

Xu Zhiqiong sighed and said, "Your Highness, let's talk calmly, I really can't figure out what use you want the essence for?"