A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 232 Authenticity
Qi Huan didn't know about these things immediately.

When she got the news, the entire capital city was under martial law, and the streets were clamoring for the capture of King Rui's henchmen.

All the servants who were sent out to buy at home were driven back. Early in the morning, Qi Zhengyu had just gone to the yamen, and Guan Yusheng came back to send a letter to Yang, saying that she was asked to lock the door and restrain the people in the house. At this juncture, there are extraneous branches.

Mrs. Yang pressed for details, but Guan Yusheng didn't quite understand. He just said, "Your Majesty didn't even go to the morning court today, and even sent part of the troops from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to Beijing overnight to help in the search. King Rui is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason." , this news..."

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Qi Huan who was sitting in Yang's room, then lowered his eyes and continued: "It's still the news that Gu Shizi from Pingguo's mansion sent his cronies to our Shizi secretly. Anyway, the whole city is now searching for it." This posture has never been seen before, Lord Hou said that we should be cautious in our house, please take care of the house, Mrs. Shizi, and don't cause unnecessary trouble."

An imposing prince, implicated in such crimes as collaborating with the enemy and treason...

Indeed, this fact alone is appalling enough.

"I see." Yang agreed.

Guan Yusheng returned home, and the street was in chaos right now, so he couldn't go against the wind and go to the Yamen to return Qi Zhengyu, so he went back to Fulinyuan.

The Yang family acted resolutely, immediately issued several death orders, sealed the gate of the mansion, and at the same time strictly prohibited the servants in the mansion from inquiring about each other and gossiping.

Qi Huan waited for her to come back from work, handed Qi Yuanchen back to her, and went back to Chunyuzhai himself.

But on the way back, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong: "Gu Zhan got the news, it should be because he was called over to help overnight, the whole city was under martial law, and troops from the imperial forest army and the camp in the suburbs of Beijing were called, such a big battle The city-wide raid...in this situation...maybe things are not as simple as they appear on the surface."

"Isn't that the way to hunt down rebels?" Xing Luo disagreed.

Thoughts were racing through Qi Huan's mind, and he still felt that this matter was extraordinary.

Her footsteps stopped suddenly, and she held her breath slightly: "Something is wrong, this is by no means an ordinary search for rebels..."

Xing Luo and Yun Xi both stopped and looked at her at the same time.

Yun Xi spoke quickly, and blurted out: "If it's not hunting down the rebellious party, what else can it be?"

"It's King Rui." Qi Huan said.

It turned out that it was just an unreasonable speculation, but as soon as the words came out, she herself believed them with absolute certainty.

With a solemn expression, she looked at the two girls: "King Rui must have escaped, they are hunting for King Rui."

If it was a prince who colluded with the enemy country and intended to assassinate the emperor and the prince, but escaped after being defeated...

As a member of the royal family, Yun Heng has always been a figure in the power center of the court these years, and he must still hold many key secrets in his hands.

If it is true that he escaped, then no matter how many arrests there are in the capital, it cannot be overstated.

because--

If he was told to escape, or even go to the enemy country, the consequences would be disastrous.

especially--

Even the royal family can't afford to lose this man!
Surprised by this statement, the two little girls who knew nothing about politics became even more nervous.

Yun Xi said: "Then...then will there be any big troubles in the capital?"

But that being said, Qi Huan has another even bigger doubt in his heart at this time——

In the original book, Ye Xunyi was the one who finally colluded with the clan of Ji surnamed Dacheng, who eradicated Yunheng, and led to the destruction of the country.

Yun Heng and Ye Xunyi are a pair of living enemies who will never die, and Ye Xunyi's connections should not fall into the hands of her deadly enemy instead.

and--

Ye Xunyi wants to destroy the country because she hates Yun Heng, and by the way, she hates the imperial court behind him very much, so she will try every means to destroy the throne that Yun Heng most wants, which is reasonable.

Now even if things go wrong, Yun Heng cut off her resources...

Yun Heng is a great prince, what is he trying to collude with the enemy country?
In addition to the tragic defeat of Dajin in the southern border war fifteen years ago, in fact, in the past [-] years, in terms of real national strength, it has always been superior to the Dacheng court, which has been in constant internal strife.

Yun Heng in the original book, although his mind is dark, but his obsession with imperial power has also created his overly arrogant character, just because he was suppressed at the bottom since he was a child and tolerated too much, so when he grows up, he is very concerned about those who stand up and become a master. The desire is so strong, even to the point of distortion.

For this reason, he has always regarded Ye Xunyi, the concubine concubine, as a disgrace to him.

In Chapter 1 of the article, when Ye Xunyi died, she had been brooding over her that Yunheng had always liked her first sister, which caused her extreme resentment and unwillingness to reconcile.

But if he jumped out of the framework of the original text and analyzed the characters in depth, Qi Huan would actually be more willing to believe——

It is clear that Yun Heng is a scum, but he has endured dormancy for decades and insisted on helping Ye Xunhui, the most noble daughter of the Ye family, to be in the position. The dark inferiority complex in his bones caused him to regard the noble-born Ye Xunhui as a medal, thinking that changing to such a queen would wash away the stains on him that had endured the humiliation of the previous decades.

Is it just such a person with such a strong self-esteem that his personality is distorted, will he rush to the enemy's feet to lie low and be a small person?
If he was really pushed into a desperate situation, he might do this, enduring the humiliation, in order to get an absolute chance to fight back, just like he had clearly hated and looked down on Ye Xunyi before, but still pretended to be affectionate and wanted to ask for marriage.

but--

He wants to reach a trust and tacit understanding with the royal family of the enemy country, and develop a friendship to plan major events together. This is absolutely impossible to be a relationship and transaction that can be done within a month. He must have hooked up with that side a long time ago.

His loss of power, that is, what happened suddenly in the last month, according to the situation he held in his hands before, he really has no need to collude with the enemy country.

Qi Huan thought about it left and right, and always felt that the development of this matter was a little unreasonable, which was weird.

Seeing that she was nervous, Xingluo panicked, and immediately suggested: "Is Wei Feng still waiting outside our mansion? Or the servants will go to him and ask Mr. Gu to come over. Miss, please ask me in detail. ask?"

Qi Huan came back to his senses.

Her face was still extremely solemn, but she shook her head decisively when she heard the words: "He must be busy right now for such a big incident, so don't trouble him, I'm just thinking wildly, let's talk about it when he has time .”

She took the two maids back to Chunyuzhai, brought her toolbox, took out the carving knife and the small piece of jade that was half carved before, calmed down, and discarded those wild and unfounded thoughts in her mind.

There was a lot of commotion outside, and the street was in a state of chaos, which made people in the house panic.

Qi Huan has been feeling a little restless.

That afternoon, Qi Zhengyu, Qi Wenjing and his son were sent back before it was dark, saying that it was the emperor's order to rest for three days, and allowed them, these insignificant yamen, to rest for three days.

Only Qi Wenang was busier than usual in the Sixth Department of the Central Committee. Instead of taking a rest, he was arrested that day and sent someone back to deliver a letter, saying that the yamen was busy with business and might not be able to come back at night, and told Mrs. Cen not to read.

The erratic movement outside naturally affected the hearts of the people in the mansion. People were sent back to their rooms early at night when they had nothing to do, and the atmosphere in the whole mansion was inexplicably solemn.

The light from the candle was too dim, so Qi Huan put away the carving knife at night.

After eating and bathing, she couldn't sleep for a while because of something on her mind...

Sitting under the shadow of the lamp in a daze, Xing Luo pushed the door open and came in: "Miss, Gu Shizi is here."

Qi Huan immediately cheered up and looked behind her, but he didn't see anyone.

"Master Gu sent someone to deliver the letter, asking you to meet him in the front yard." Xing Luo said, he had already entered the room and opened the cabinet to find clothes for her, "Master Gu probably passed by here on business and took the opportunity to come here. He said he couldn't stay for a long time, and he was talking to Shi Ziye in the front yard right now."

Then Qi Huan understood——

Gu Zhan was probably afraid that she wouldn't get the exact news and felt uneasy, so he took a quick look to reassure her.

It just so happened that she also had a lot of things to prove to Gu Zhan, so she hurriedly changed her clothes.

With her hair still half wet, Xing Luo helped her change her clothes and couldn't help feeling a bit embarrassed: "This..."

"It's late at night, don't need to comb." Qi Huan turned around decisively, took a thin cloak hanging from the screen and put it on, and raised the hood to cover his head.

She hurried to the front yard.

At that time, Qi Wenjing was talking with Gu Zhan in the flower hall of Yanyuxuan.

Naturally, Qi Wenjing was also the latest news on Xuanxin Street, so he asked Gu Zhan for some news.

Seeing Qi Huan coming, Qi Wenjing got up knowingly: "I still have a few official letters to reply urgently, Huaner, come and sit with Chen Yi and have a cup of tea."

Qi Huan slightly bent his knees: "Father, go slowly."

After watching Qi Wenjing leave the yard, she immediately looked away.

The weather has been very hot these past few days, and she walked all this way wrapped in a cloak as thin as onion's wings, covering her head with sweat.

Qi Huan turned around, pulled off the hood immediately, and then walked quickly to meet Gu Zhan: "I thought it would take a few days for you to make time to come over."

Gu Zhan took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her temples.

Qi Huan suddenly asked again: "Have you not had dinner yet?"

There was a faint smile on the corner of Gu Zhan's lips: "I came out in the middle of the night last night. I was busy all day and night without touching the ground. I was afraid that you would be worried, so I took the time to come here to report your safety and say a few words. I'll be leaving in a while."

Qi Huan hurriedly turned back and told Xing Luo and Yun Xi: "You two go to the kitchen to see if there are any ready-to-eat foods, bring some here."

The two little girls left as promised.

She turned around and pulled Gu Zhan to sit back on the chair, and asked straight to the point: "What's the situation outside? Is this battle really just to hunt down the henchmen of Prince Rui's mansion?"

"No." Gu Zhan also answered simply, "Actually, King Rui ran away."

really!

The guess was confirmed, and Qi Huan was slightly relieved for a moment.

As soon as possible to stabilize her mind, she raised her eyes to look at Gu Zhan again.

Gu Zhan took a sip of his tea, with a neither salty nor dull expression on his face, neither too serious nor worried, but of course he would not take it seriously either.

He said: "Actually, King Rui's escape did not happen after the collusion with the enemy broke out last night. At that time, the people from the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion went there first, found the secret letter according to the clues, and surrounded Prince Rui's mansion. Afterwards, the news was reported to the palace. Your Majesty stayed overnight. The imperial army was sent to take over the search of Prince Rui's mansion, and when they brought King Rui to the imperial court for questioning, they found out that he was not in the mansion at all. Everyone logically thought that he escaped and escaped during the handover of the Jingzhao mansion's yamen to the palace after the Dongchuang incident. Yes, but today when the Ministry of Criminal Justice interrogated the people in his mansion, they discovered the clue... In fact, as early as half a month ago, after he was released from the palace, his servants in the mansion didn't see him again."

It's just that at that time everyone thought he had suddenly lost power, was in a bad mood, and was locked in the room and didn't want to see anyone.

Of course, in order not to make a punching bag, the people at the bottom naturally couldn't see him. Everyone was secretly happy to see that he didn't come out to hang around, and no one thought much about it.

But the officials of the Ministry of Punishment are not fools, it is not difficult to infer from these details——

Yun Heng should have secretly sneaked out of the mansion since the emperor convicted him and released him from the palace under house arrest.

Qi Huan didn't have much reaction to the news.

Rui Wang Yunheng, after all, is the biggest villain in the original book, she would think it was unreasonable if he was easily and suddenly led by the dog without any suspense.

She thought to herself: "Since he escaped a long time ago, after so many days, the possibility that he will stay in the capital should not be great, right?"

"It's not big." Gu Zhan said, "However, the gate of the city has been blocked, and it is true that he will take the risk and continue to stay dormant in Beijing, so His Majesty just pushed the boat along and planned to ask us to bring people to the entire capital in three days. Go through it again, even if you can't get him, it's better to check out his remnants."

After all, it is not in vain.

Qi Huan hesitated again and again, but still expressed the doubts that had been lingering in her heart all day.

She asked Gu Zhan seriously: "Do you think the crime of King Rui collaborating with the enemy is credible?"

Gu Zhan stopped drinking tea, and looked at her slightly surprised.

The two looked at each other, and he also said truthfully: "I think it is unreasonable, but the evidence is indeed conclusive."

Qi Huan asked again: "I heard that the secret letters between King Rui and Dacheng were found in the secret room of Prince Rui's mansion. How long ago did those letters go back?"

The details here are clear.

He said: "The earliest letter can be traced back to three years ago. As far as the part of the evidence found in Prince Rui's Mansion is concerned, the first letter should be initiated by Dacheng. The one who tried to contact King Rui was their guard outside the Southern Border Pass. Yes, but after the first secret letter, it took nearly a year for King Rui to respond. A total of eight letters were found, seven of which were written by Dacheng. Based on these replies, we pieced together The general process of King Rui colluding with the enemy and treason, and there is another letter written by King Rui, but in the end he did not send it for some reason. This letter is combined with the previous two letters. The assassination of His Majesty and the Crown Prince at King Ning's wedding banquet."

But in this matter, the biggest unreasonable thing is——

Yun Zheng made a hasty decision to get married. It took only a few days between the finalization of his marriage and the grand wedding.

The capital and the southern border are far away, and there are several letters to discuss about the assassination in such a short period of time, and there is not enough time to deliver the letters.

Naturally, the emperor and the crown prince could see through such simple doubts, but those letters really cannot be faked.

After the incident broke out last night, the Royal Forest Army not only followed the clues, but also captured a messenger between Yunheng and Dacheng. Internally, these people all confessed——

Because before and after Ning Wang's wedding, Rui Wang Yunheng was under house arrest in the palace, and those few people formed a tight news delivery network, saying that they were helping him deliver letters and exchanging letters with people outside the palace, planning the assassination.

If the evidence and witnesses are to be believed, there is only one explanation—

The person who colluded with Yun Heng from Dacheng's side was hiding in the capital at that time, otherwise time would not allow him to arrange the assassination carefully.

But now that Yun Heng escaped from the capital, without hearing his personal confession, the intercepted letters became ironclad evidence.

Gu Zhan analyzed Qi Huan patiently, and finally pinched her fingers to comfort her: "I'm telling you this because I'm afraid you'll be thinking wildly, anyway, these things have nothing to do with us, you just know, turn around If there is any follow-up news and progress, I will let you know."

Qi Huan pursed his lips tightly, but remained silent for a while with a tangled expression.

Finally, she slowly raised her head inch by inch, looked at Gu Zhan again and said, "Is there a possibility that the letters that the so-called King Rui's collaborating with the enemy and treason are actually forged? Put it to death!"

(End of this chapter)