Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 398 Age Problem (Part [-])
Gu Zuo frowned seriously and thought about it:
"I thought you were going to ask me if Chen Zhong was involved at that time? I remember that he ordered the policemen in Kangshui County to send the Hao family away as soon as possible. I don't know where. The reason why this incident impressed me deeply is Because the person who sent the message had some friendship with me in private, but he suddenly died after sending the message. I knew it was Chen Zhong who silenced him, so I remember it so clearly, and..."

Gu Zuo paused and said:

"When the story of the Hao family's haunting was the most popular, Chen Zhong once said in front of me that people in the world are so stupid, they like to rely on ghosts when they don't understand things, and they believe everything. He also said that ghosts can't do anything. , unless someone manipulates it."

"Why do you say that Chen Zhong knows there are treasures under Liu's house?"

"He said it himself. He said it was just a favor. It doesn't matter how much it is. It has nothing to do with him whether he gets the treasure or not."

"That means he knows what's under Liu's house?"

Gu Zuo nodded and said:
"It should be! Ten years ago, I was also young. I dared to say a few words in front of Chen Zhong. I said no, that's what I wanted, I was wondering at the time, Chen Zhong looked like he knew what was going on, so I tentatively asked if it was necessary to send some of my own people to participate in the investigation, and he said no, just send it along with the favor Sent this sentence."

"Have you ever heard Chen Zhong talk about the former Crown Prince Li Shen?"

Gu Zuo was stunned, blinked, his mind was spinning rapidly, and pictures of the past flashed rapidly in his mind.

"You know Li Shen?" Wu Chen asked with a frown.

Gu Zuo also frowned and said:

"I was just thinking, when had I ever heard of this name? How did I know that the late prince's name was Li Shen? This kind of thing is not something we can hear, and it is not something we can say...I remembered it! One year during the Qingming Festival, that When I was still young, Chen Zhong returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and I was always by his side. I remember when he was burning paper, he said, 'Who would have thought that the late Crown Prince Li Shen was not dead? This is the blessing of our ancestors.'"

"He said Li Shen was not dead because of the blessing of his ancestors?"

"Yes! I will remember that it may be the first time I heard the word prince. At that time, I was a little... a little surprised, but I quickly forgot it. I just remembered it when you asked me."

"But he has been messing around with Li Yi all the time, and the blessing is also to let the ancestors bless Li Yi to make things happen."

Gu Zuo thought for a while and said: "The matter of Chen Zhong worshiping the ancestors... I can't remember the exact year, but I was still young, and the official family hadn't succeeded to the throne at that time. After succeeding, Chen Zhong rarely went home to worship the ancestors. .”

Wu Chen stood up, walked around the room and analyzed:

"Chen Zhong knew that Li Shen was not dead before the official succession, and Li Shen has not shown up since the official succession to the throne until today. Li Shen's all thoughts are on washing the ink, and he can't appear without washing the ink! Chen Zhong hated the official family, and he only hoped that the official family would suffer bad luck, but at that time he did not have the ability to retaliate... But how did he know that Li Shen was not dead?"

"Why does Chen Zhong hate officials?"

Wu Chen didn't seem to hear Gu Zuo's words, and said to himself:

"If Li Shen deliberately let Chen Zhong know, it means that Li Shen knew that Chen Zhong had hatred for Li Heng in his heart, and wanted to win Chen Zhong over. Looking at the later events, Li Shen should have succeeded in the win, but Chen Zhong also knew Li Shen couldn't stand in front of others, so he only followed suit, and then stood with Li Yi, because he felt that Li Yi had a greater chance of success."

"He asked you why Chen Zhong hates the official family?" Wu Chen didn't hear Gu Zuo's words when the big head saw him, he was still babbling to himself, so he couldn't help asking again.

Wu Chen recovered and said:
"Back then when Chen Zhong was abducted to the capital, he was originally going to be sold to a wealthy family as a servant. It just so happened that the late emperor wanted to recruit more young eunuchs into the palace to serve his young sons. As a result, Chen Zhong was sent to the palace with a knife. The official's side."

Gu Zuo said with a knowing expression: "No wonder he smiles in front of the bronze mirror several times before entering the palace."

"So infiltrating?" Big Head asked.

Gu Zuo nodded and said:
"I also found it scary at first, but then I got used to it. When I was young, Gu You and I were always beaten. Every time he beat us, he repeated a few words, always like to ask 'do you think this is suffering? Do you have any? The face said bitter?'"

"You two brothers are twins, and it stands to reason that they are not tolerated by this world. Do you have any impression of how they got into Chen Zhong's hands?"

Gu Zuo shook his head and said:
"I don't remember. I said it was a relative, but I don't know what kind of relative it is. When I was young, my impression was that apart from being beaten, I was starving. My brother wanted to practice martial arts, and I wanted to study. At that time, I couldn't always see Chen Zhong. When he was out of the palace Not much, after the official succession, he was in charge of the Imperial City Department, so he went back to live in the mansion every night and no longer stayed in the palace."

Wu Chen seemed to have thought of something, sat on the chair and leaned forward and said:

"The officials knew that you two were twins, but they didn't stop Chen Zhong from using you. It's just that Chen Zhong divided the two of you into civil and military, and tried not to appear at the same time. Let's count the time. How many years have you two been with Chen Zhong? I remember listening to the big brother. The second brother said that Gu You is almost 40 years old, and neither of you two brothers are married yet..."

Gu Zuo waved his hand and said: "Don't listen to their nonsense, our two brothers look older, but in fact they are only 30 years old. We also know that they will make jokes about this, so we just don't bother to talk about it."

Wu Chen was taken aback for a moment. Seeing that Gu Zuo and Gu You looked almost 40 years old, he frowned and asked:
"Chen Zhong has the final say on how old you are?"

Gu Zuo thought of something, and frowned even tighter, at this moment Gu You pushed the door open and came in.

Gu Zuo hurriedly extended his hand to greet Gu You and asked, "Do you still remember when we were young we asked Uncle Chen, how old are we?"

Gu You nodded and said:

"There is such a thing. At that time, there was a boy who was not as tall as me. He insisted that I was older than him, so we asked Uncle Chen. When we two are our own sons, we don’t have to worry about eating and drinking, although we are much taller than that young man, we are actually several years younger than that young man."

Gu Zuo hurriedly asked: "After that, did you see that boy again?"

Gu You frowned and thought for a while, "I don't think I've seen it again... What do you mean by this?"

Gu Zuo looked at Wu Chen.

Wu Chen asked: "The official family has never seen you two, right?"

The two brothers nodded.

"You grew up in Chen Zhong's house. Before you came out to do things, you basically never saw anyone else, right?"

The two brothers nodded again, Gu Zuo said: "We are only surrounded by the waiter and the old housekeeper, Uncle Chen. Before entering the investigation department, he never left the house except to follow Chen Zhong to worship the ancestors."

"The time you followed Chen Zhong to worship your ancestors, you just came to Chen Zhong's side not long ago, right?"

Gu Zuo looked at Gu You and asked, "Do you remember that ancestor worship? Did you go? Why don't I remember you?"

(End of this chapter)