The wife of the power minister's family

Xu Jing was slightly stunned.

Those prisoners were all Li Yuan's people. How could what they said have anything to do with her?

Those who were captured were imprisoned in the dungeon of the government office. After Xu Jing finished dressing, she was led by Cheng Xiao and hurried over.

Xiang Zuo was guarding outside the dungeon. When he saw her, he immediately said: "Madam, please wait here for a moment. I will go in and report that Madam Langjun is here."

Xu Jing said: "I'll just go in."

Xiang Zui's face looked a little unnatural, "The environment inside is dirty and bloody. The husband told me not to let the madam in, so he was worried about bumping into the madam."

Xu Jing raised her eyebrows slightly, thinking of the ancient methods of interrogating criminals that she had seen in books before, and she had no desire to go in.

Although she was not afraid of bloody and horrific scenes, she was not interested in watching people being tortured.

Xiao Yi and Zhao Jingxuan came out soon. The two men were both good-looking. When they came out of the dungeon, except for a bit of the coldness in the dungeon, it was hard to imagine that they had just been in the dungeon. What have you done.

Seeing the tired look on Xiao Yi's face, Xu Jing frowned slightly, stepped forward quickly and said, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

Xiao Yi took a closer look at the woman in front of him and saw that she was only wearing a large-lapel coat outside her Hunan-colored double-breasted skirt. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pull her to his side and whispered: "Wearing so little, isn't it cold?"

"This coat is lined. It looks thin, but it's actually very warm."

Xu Jing didn't let him change the subject. She looked at him steadily and said, "You feel uncomfortable with your wound, so you didn't sleep well?"

She slept very well last night and had no dreams.

Xiao Yi couldn't help but smile lowly, and gently rubbed the back of her smooth hand under the cover of his sleeves, and whispered: "My injury is nothing serious, you don't need to worry too much, I can't sleep well, it's just... a little uncomfortable. bed."

He had no shame in telling the real reason.

Especially in public.

Recognize the bed? He has been in Lingzhou for more than half a month, does he still accept the bed?

Xu Jing immediately looked at him suspiciously.

Zhao Jingxuan, who was blinded by this unattended couple early in the morning, couldn't help but grinned and said angrily: "You two, have you forgotten that there is another person here? Yanci, I know you, baby, you Wife, I’m still working at work at the moment. If you want to flirt, please finish the work first.”

He is so angry! Next time he goes on a business trip, he will take his wife with him!

Showing off in front of him this early in the morning, as if no one cares about his wife!

Facing Prince Zhao who was like a brother, Xiao Yi still respected him very much. He calmed down and turned to Zhao Jingxuan and said: "I dare not forget Prince Zhao. This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the teahouse next to him first." .”

With that said, he took Xu Jing and walked into the tea room next to him with Zhao Jingxuan.

As soon as Xu Jing sat down, she couldn't help but ask: "Where are Cui Shijun and his son?"

She thought she would see them when she came back this time.

Xiao Yi poured a cup of hot tea and put it in front of Xu Jing and said: "Although yesterday's war was short-lived, various parts of Lingzhou still suffered a lot of damage. Cui Han and his son were busy cleaning up the mess outside. After all, the New Year is approaching. It is not easy for the common people to suffer such a disaster, so it is best to recover from this damage in the shortest possible time."

That's right, it's already December, less than a month before the Chinese New Year.

Fortunately, the people in Lingzhou have long been accustomed to war. Xu Jing took a quick look after entering the city yesterday and found that many people had cheered up and were rebuilding their homes in an orderly manner. She covered the teacup with her hands to keep warm, and said: "Chunyang said, when you interrogated the prisoners this morning, did you ask some questions related to me?"

As soon as she said this, Xiao Yi and Zhao Jingxuan couldn't help but look at each other, and finally Xiao Yi said: "It doesn't have anything to do with you, I just think you might want to know about it.

In the government dungeon today, in addition to the few generals we captured yesterday, there is also Li Yuan. When the time comes to return to Beijing, I will escort them back together.

We have already deduced before that Cui Han probably had something against Li Yuan, so Li Yuan wanted to kill him. Last night, Zhao Shizi had an in-depth chat with Cui Han and his son, and it was confirmed that Li Yuan was like this. The reason for targeting them was that they knew a secret about Li Yuan. "

Xu Jing couldn't help but look at Zhao Jingxuan. Zhao Jingxuan took a sip of hot tea and said: "About a month and a half ago, on Li Yuan's 40th birthday, he held a big banquet in Yuanzhou, because Yuanzhou where Li Yuan was stationed was next to Lingzhou, Cui Han personally went to Yuanzhou to give gifts to Li Yuan, but accidentally bumped into a concubine in Li Yuan's house who was making trouble due to jealousy, and shouted out that Li Yuan was colluding with people in the court to rebel.

Although Cui Han immediately avoided it and pretended not to hear what the concubine said, Li Yuan was suspicious by nature and would rather kill by mistake than let go. "

Li Yuan colluded with people in the DPRK?

Xu Jing's eyes darkened slightly and she said, "Could it be that Li Yuan is also from King Xing's faction?"

As far as she knew, the most rebellious person in the court now was Prince Xing.

Zhao Jingxuan shook his head, "Things are far from that simple."

Xu Jing was stunned for a moment, then heard Xiao Yi on the side say: "A Jing, do you remember that when you were investigating the murder of Mr. Liao of the Zhao family, I said that King Xing might be just a pawn of a larger force? That one? The forces started planning as early as the King Wu's Rebellion twelve years ago, with the intention of overthrowing the Great Chu?"

Xu Jing remembered it, took a breath and said: "You mean, the person Li Yuan obeys is not King Xing, but... the larger force behind King Xing?"

"Yes."

Zhao Jingxuan looked solemn and said: "The reason why Li Yuan went to such great lengths to completely eradicate Cui Han is not only because Cui Han knew about his intention to rebel, but also because the concubine at the time accidentally said something ...a shocking secret that could overturn Da Chu.

She said that the forces in the DPRK and China that Li Yuan colluded with were one of the four major families in Chu...

However, before she could tell which one it was, she was caught by Li Yuan's people. "

Xu Jing couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

The four major families of Dachu—the Zhao, Xiao, Jiang, and Wang families—the forces behind King Xing are actually... one of these four families!

The power held by each of these four families is enough to shake half of the Chu Dynasty. If it is one of them who has been dormant behind the scenes, it is indeed completely consistent with the characteristics of the person behind the scenes!

The two people sitting here belong to two of the four major families.

Seeing Xu Jing glance at them unconsciously, Zhao Jingxuan smiled helplessly and said: "Although I am the eldest son of the Zhao family, there are many people in the Zhao family. Before thoroughly investigating everyone, I dare not say that our Zhao family has no problem at all. .”

What he was sure of was that there was nothing wrong with their line. However, there were tens of thousands of people in the Zhao family, and any one of them could stand up and say that they represented the Zhao family. He really didn't know if they had some thoughts that they shouldn't have.

But the person who can collude with Li Yuan and has been manipulating King Xing from behind must not be a small figure. He either holds a high position in the court or has a certain degree of power in the army. It is not difficult to find out.

As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Yi and said, "And Yanci left the Xiao family as early as when he was ten years old. I'm afraid you don't know what the Xiao family is like now."