Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 549; Doubt

The two then fell into a long silence.

Each poured himself a drink, and waited until the jar of wine bottomed out before Lord Zhen stood up slowly.

"I'm going back to the capital in a few days."

"Going back this time, I am afraid that the old man will not be able to survive."

King Jin remained silent. He was not surprised at what Duke Zhen said.

Not to mention that Emperor Hongwen would not let him go, even he and Duke Zhen also had a feud against his father.

The reason why he came to see Lord Zhen Guo today was nothing more than wanting to know some things that he didn't know back then.

King Jin also stood up slowly, turned around and walked out without saying a word.

Just as he was about to go out, he heard Zhen Guogong's voice behind him.

"Actually, the late emperor was not killed by this old man."

"Ok?"

King Jin turned his head, frowned tightly, and asked with a cold face; "It's already this time, and you still deny it?"

The first emperor was killed by Lord Zhen Guo. He knew this since he was a child. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, all his subordinates said so.

And after he grew up, he also investigated this matter in detail, and all the murderers pointed to Duke Zhen.

"Your Highness also said that at this point, the old man is already dead, so why deny it?"

Duke Zhen continued with a calm expression; "Presumably His Royal Highness Prince Jin has already investigated what happened back then, and the results must all point to this old man."

"However, there is one thing that His Royal Highness Jin Wang probably hasn't thought about carefully?"

"What's the matter?"

King Jin frowned again.

It is undeniable that he did investigate in detail what happened back then, and he thought he did not let go of any temptation, but now Lord Zhen said that he had overlooked one point.

"At that time, the old man was still the Marquis of Zhenbei."

As soon as these words came out, King Jin rolled his eyes slightly, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he fixedly looked at Duke Zhen for a long time.

"Although it's not you, it may also be the queen."

Duke Zhen didn't deny it and continued, "She did get involved, but she wasn't the mastermind, she was just pushing the boat along."

"Then who is the real murderer?"

"I don't know, but His Highness can investigate further."

"For example, why everything points to the old man."

King Jin turned around silently and left the room, but he was always thinking about what Duke Zhen said in his mind.

Especially the sentence that he is the Marquis of Zhenbei is indeed a key point that King Jin has always ignored.

He remembered that the first emperor was critically ill at that time, and the old enemy of Beichu did not miss this opportunity, and the army was always ready to move.

As the Marquis of Zhenbei, he possesses the military power of the Northland, and he is currently sitting in the Northland. He was not in the capital at that time, although it is not ruled out that he arranged for someone to act.

But there will always be some clues left in it, and the most important point is that at that time, almost all the forces of Lord Zhen Guo were in the Northland.

And there is only the queen and queen in the capital, and who is his opponent?
Those were the kings who fought extremely fiercely in the capital at that time, and those imperial brothers of his were very powerful in the capital.

Duke Zhen wanted to control the emperor remotely, and used the hands of the queen to deal with the first emperor. It was quite difficult, and at the same time, he underestimated his powerful brothers too much.

It seems that there are many secrets that I have never known.

Of course, even though he was thinking this way, he still had doubts in his heart, for example, why did Duke Zhen say this all of a sudden?

What's the purpose of this?
He didn't think that Duke Zhen's doing this was a discovery of conscience.

A few days later, the capital came with a decree, asking the king of Jin to take care of the matter in the north and return to the capital with Duke Zhen Guo to return to his command.

At the same time, he secretly gave him a letter, asking him to sort out all the things that Lord Zhen Guo did in the Northland.

The implication of this is that this time is to completely drive Zhen Guogong into the dust.

Regarding this, in the past, Jin Wang would not hesitate to put Zhen Guogong to death, but after the previous events, Jin Wang suddenly had a plan to keep Zhen Guogong temporarily.

There are some things he hasn't figured out yet, of course he won't let Duke Zhen go just because of this.

In fact, the meat on the chopping board that Lord Zhen Guo has now will lead to a dead end sooner or later, just keeping it for a while will not change his ending.

However, he still sorted out all the things that Lord Zhen Guo had done, and planned to talk to Emperor Hongwen when he returned to the capital and fight for it.

Five days later, the King of Jin had already explained the affairs of Beidi, and left his confidant to take over the Beidi.

He took the [-] elite soldiers given by Emperor Hongwen back to the capital and returned to the capital with Duke Zhen Guo.

Along the way, Lord Zhen Guo was very honest and did not talk nonsense to King Jin.

A few days later, a large group of troops appeared in the capital, Emperor Hongwen got the news immediately, and dispatched General Huo Di to wait at the gate of the city early.

"Your Majesty has ordered that the matter of Duke Zhen is still under investigation, and the Duke's mansion is temporarily under confinement."

King Jin didn't say anything, and Duke Zhen didn't talk nonsense either.

In this way, Duke Zhen was taken away by Huo Di, while King Jin went straight to the palace.

"Hahaha, King Jin has done a good job this time, and my serious trouble in Dongzhou has finally been eliminated."

Hearing this, the King of Jin also nodded with a smile and said, "Without the unstable factor of Duke Zhen, Dongzhou can have peace for a few years."

"However, during my trip to the North this time, I discovered something different."

"I have something to ask the emperor."

"What's the matter? There's no need to be so polite between us."

Although the two are brothers in name, they are actually Weng-in-law.

"I have always had some doubts about what happened back then, so after I took down Lord Zhen that day, I went to ask about it."

"He told me something that I thought made a lot of sense."

Afterwards, he repeated what Lord Zhen said that day, but he didn't mention a single word about his speculation.

It has to be said that Duke Zhen's words planted a seed of doubt in his heart.

"I also know about this matter. At that time, Lord Zhen Guo was indeed in charge of Beidi, but I was in Jiangdong. Suddenly, I received a secret letter from the queen, saying that the late emperor was critically ill, and asked me to return as soon as possible."

King Jin nodded, he knew this, and the fact that Emperor Hongwen was in Jiangdong was also a fact.

"I remember that when I returned to the capital, the first emperor died the next day, and then there were rumors of what the emperor brothers had done secretly."

"At the same time, the imperial father's imperial edict also appeared."

"To be honest, when I received the imperial edict, I was in an unreal state. You know my situation very well. It was because I didn't want to fight and didn't dare to fight. That's why I hid from the capital and went to Jiangdong."

"But in the end, this person fell on me somehow."

Speaking of this, Emperor Hongwen was a little bit embarrassed.

King Jin didn't say a word, he was paying attention to Emperor Hongwen's expression all the time, he was very clear about what happened back then, it was indeed as Emperor Hongwen said.

But he couldn't figure out a little bit, how did Duke Zhen rely on the king and queen alone to let the first emperor leave the imperial edict when all the kings were staring at him?

(End of this chapter)