Powerful

Chapter 526

(The first one!)

Zhang Guiling died, and was killed by a masked man in black on the way to enter the palace.After Cheng Guogong Qinyi, something happened to Zhang Guiling.

Both Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling are dignitaries in Jingzhao.Not to mention that they used to have that kind of power, even ordinary officials, two deaths in a row are enough to cause a sensation.

What's more, they were all involved in the Jingzhao Bank treasury incident, and were killed one after another, and the murderer didn't know who it was.The situation of these two people is too similar, what is the way?
This incident caused a lot of discussion among the court officials, Shao Lianheng, Minister of Dali Temple, and Liu Jinyun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, felt that their heads were getting bigger.No clues have been found about Qin Yi's matter. Now that Zhang Guiling has been killed again, they have already ordered their subordinates to investigate without the urging of the prince and Zhengshitang officials.
Do your best to investigate, but what can you find?
The most frightening thing is Zhu Xuanming.It was he who ordered Zhang Guiling to enter the palace, and Zhang Guiling was killed on the way to the palace.It seemed that someone had known that Zhang Guiling would enter the palace for a long time, and they had ambushed on the road ahead of time, so they could succeed so smoothly and leave safely afterwards.
Would it be too far-fetched to say that this matter has nothing to do with him?

Zhu Xuanming didn't dare to think about it any longer, so he had to immediately call the officials of Zhan Shifu to analyze the situation.He Zhao and the others remained silent, while Peng Yifang shook his head and said, "I think Your Highness should ignore this matter for the time being. The murder of Mr. Zhang was so sudden that no one thought of it. Let's wait for the results from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to come out."

Zhu Xuanming's face darkened, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "When the results of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment come out, the rumors about Jingzhao will be spread all over the place!"

No wonder he was so furious, after Zhang Guiling's death, there were faint rumors in Jingzhao, it was said that Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling's death had known too many things, so they were silenced.This "person" directly points to the prince Zhu Xuanming.

Along with this direction, there are even more rumors that the person behind the Jiangnan bank affairs is actually the crown prince, and Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling are just representatives of the crown prince.Now that the Jiangnan bank incident broke out, Qin Yi and Zhang Guiling became scapegoats, and so on.

These are faint rumors, Zhu Xuanming can't stand up and refute them, otherwise it will be tantamount to admitting that the rumors are the truth, and he is just as the rumors say.Therefore, he could only pretend that he did not hear these rumors, and still deal with major military and political affairs as usual.

Rumors stop at wise men. Zhu Xuanming has never been a wise man. In fact, he cares about these rumors very much, he cares to death.Not only did they privately send people from the East Palace to quell the rumors, but they also summoned officials from Zhan Shifu to pretend to ask about the future situation.

Now, that's the answer from the officials of Zhan Shifu.Don't pay attention, how can he ignore it?The three became tigers, and besides, the father was about to return to Jingzhao, if these rumors could not be stopped, he felt that they were forced by wind, frost and swords.
Not to mention other people, even the Crown Princess Zhang Miao was suspicious of him.

After Zhang Guiling was killed, Zhang Miao rushed to his bedroom, stared at him blankly, and said with red eyes, "Your Highness, did you do this? You didn't want your grandfather to talk nonsense, so you sent someone to kill him." ?”

Zhang Miao had previously reminded him about Qin Yi's death, but now she has such a question, which means that even she thinks it is possible, let alone other people!

Zhu Xuanming felt that he couldn't wash himself with water, Zhang Miao gave him a cold look when he left, and he couldn't say what he wanted to justify.

No matter how much you say, will anyone believe it?Is there any use?
It's really useless, even if he suppressed these rumors openly and secretly, he couldn't suppress them no matter what, instead they became more and more clamorous.

Now, even the people who don't understand the affairs of the Jiangnan bank can hear a sentence or two of "Prince...", so the East Palace should not pay too much attention.

Pei Gongfu and Zheng Shiyong were worried about this situation. While strictly ordering officials not to discuss the matter, they also sent supervisory censors to check the situation to stop this trend.

They didn't know whether the prince was related to the death of these two people, but they knew very well that these rumors were aimed at the prince.They were worried that if it continued like this, the crown prince would lose all of his support, and the situation would be turbulent at that time.

The turbulent situation is definitely not what they want to see.

Although the officials didn't say anything, they all knew what was going on when they made eye contact.Regarding this, Pei Gongfu could only smile wryly: "Master Zheng, even if you suppress these officials, it will not help, but it will silence the public. When the emperor comes back and sees this situation, he will be even more displeased."

Zheng Shiyong sighed, and replied: "What Mr. Pei said is true, but this wind cannot be controlled, and we still have to suppress it."

The two superintendents looked at each other, and suddenly they didn't know what to say.

In Chibi Courtyard, Gu Yan listened to Chen Sanniang's report and asked, "Do those people who killed Zhang Guiling have any clues?"

Chen Sanniang shook her head and replied not yet.The murder of Zhang Guiling was too sudden, and the masked murderers escaped too thoroughly, leaving no clues behind, and Chen Tongji couldn't find anything.

Gu Yan frowned slightly, and secretly said: I didn't expect someone to strike so quickly, I was careless.It seems that the prince is too hated.

She killed Qin Yi. If she dared to kill Qin Yi, she would not be afraid of leaving traces. Naturally, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment could not find anything.Qin Yi's death, she also thought that there were more things involved, besides the Jiangnan Bank, there were other things.

Unexpectedly, someone moved faster than her, linking Qin Yi with the Jiangnan bank affairs, and even killed Zhang Guiling.Once Zhang Guiling died, the cause of Qin Yi's death was determined to be a matter of Jiangnan Bank, and it must have something to do with the crown prince.

"To investigate the Seventh Prince's mansion with all my strength, it should be the Seventh Prince's. I just don't know, besides Xie Zi, who else is behind the Seventh Prince." Gu Yan said.

Except for Emperor Chongde's prince, there would be no one else who would use the deaths of these two people to deal with the prince.The second prince is abolished, and the fifth prince Youheng is watching, and the wind and rain will not be able to return for a while.Then, only the Seventh Prince is left.

The Seventh Prince is making wind and rain again, is his injury recovering soon?
After listening to Gu Yan's instructions, Chen Sanniang nodded, and then left Chibi Courtyard to investigate according to Gu Yan's instructions.

After Chen Sanniang left, Gu Yan ordered Shui Lu to bring a pen and paper, and then scribbled something.She was thinking, how would the seventh prince deal with the prince?How will the situation develop?Does she want to stop and push?
Just as rumors spread all over the ground, Emperor Chongde, who had been touring the south of the Yangtze River, returned to Jingzhao.
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