A Thousand Hills

Chapter 271

The death of Prince Jingjiang was truly a stroke of genius.

Even when Emperor Mu Yuan heard about this, he whispered in his heart, "Good death!"

The fifth prince even said to Jiang Xingyun in private, "The general has made great achievements, and I will report to my father in detail." Don't look at the fact that Jiang Xingyun always secretly calls Jiang Xingyun a hand-chopping monster in his heart. In fact, the fifth prince respects Jiang Xingyun very much.

Jiang Xingyun was deeply regretful, "I wanted to take on this great achievement, but I really didn't do it."

The fifth prince was shocked and said, "Didn't you ask someone to do it?" Jiang Xingyun was the only one who could have such a skill in Fujian.Unexpectedly, Jiang Xingyun said that she didn't do it, and the fifth prince couldn't help asking, "Who did that?"

Jiang Xingyun shook his head and said, "This matter is very strange. There is no news yet."

The fifth prince thought about it, "Could it be that Mu San did it, he wouldn't be so stupid. Don't say that the prince was poisoned to death in his house, even if a piece of oily skin was smashed in his house, he wouldn't be able to tell. "

Jiang Xingyun didn't worry about who did it, she said, "It depends on how Jingjiang handles the vacant position of son."

When the fifth prince thought about it, he felt a little gleeful in his heart, and said, "That's true, Jingjiang's son is not old or young. The prince doesn't have any siblings, but the prince also has a son. He has a grandson, so I'm afraid it's the sons of the princes." You can't be convinced. If you don't establish a grandson, how can the officials of the son's line be willing to give up."

Jiang Xingyun thought of another possibility, "Did Jingjiang intentionally vacate the position of son, and reward him for his merits in the future?"

After all, the fifth prince was born in the royal family, and he had a deeper feeling for Jingjiang's current situation than Jiang Xingyun. He tapped the table with his fingers, and the expression of the fifth prince's half-smile was somehow similar to that of Xie Moru. He said, "Whether Jingjiang wants to What to do, there must be an explanation for the death of the son."

The fifth prince explained King Jingjiang's plight with one word. Yes, no matter how Jingjiang dealt with the vacant position of the eldest son, he must first have an explanation for the death of the eldest son before he can convince the public.

It was the critical moment of the rebellion, and the death of the heir was not a good omen.Moreover, although King Jingjiang prefers the third son, the eldest son is the eldest son, and the meaning of the eldest son is different for every father. .Not to mention that this is the heir to the throne who has paid homage to the heaven and earth and paid homage to his ancestors!Even though King Jingjiang used to feel that his son was not as good as his third son, his heart ached when his son died tragically.

The point is, you have to endure the pain in your heart and find out the facts.

This fact is not difficult to find out, it's not that the officials of the criminal department under King Jingjiang are supernatural detectives, the main thing is that there has never been a seamless situation in the world, as long as anything is done, there must be traces to follow.

Take the poisoning of the prince as an example. The poison in the prince is extremely poisonous, and he died on the spot at Mu San's banquet. Once the prince died, the scene was chaotic, but someone still ordered in time to seal up the evidence at the scene.For example, the wine cup that the prince used to eat wine, the wine jug that poured wine for the prince, and the remnants of the banquet at that time.Speaking of which, it is also burned, and the prince can only use silverware according to the regulations. When it comes to Jingjiang Shizi, it is one level lower than the prince, and silverware is also used, but the regulation is slightly lower than that of the prince.

Of course, this is the etiquette rules of the Eastern Mu Dynasty.

Since King Jingjiang proclaimed himself emperor, he would not follow Dongmu's rules, so Jingjiang himself traded for gold.Mainly, in terms of specifications, King Jingjiang is on par with Emperor Mu Yuan.When it came to the son, the son of King Mujiang naturally wanted to be on par with the prince Dongmu. The princes all used gold, so the son also switched to gold.If the prince uses silverware, the color will change when the silver is poisoned, and the prince will not be poisoned to death.

As a result, the son died.

Fortunately, the evidence has been preserved.

This poisonous wine is also very good, the famous Hedinghong, it does not disgrace the identity of Jingjiang's son in the slightest.

But, you must know that this is wine for the prince to drink, so before the prince drinks this wine, people must first test the poison.Find a waiter who specializes in tasting wine and dishes for the son, this waiter is no problem.Then, I continued to investigate, and finally found out that the problem was in the wine jug. There was a mechanism in the jug. From the outside, it looked like a golden pot dedicated to auspicious clouds and golden dragons, but it was tampered with inside, which was different from traditional jugs. , there are two wine galls in this jug, one is good wine, the other is poisonous wine, the two kinds of wine can be switched by mechanism, since the waiter who tastes the wine is not hindered, it is conceivable that the person holding the jug will not be innocent .

What about the person holding the pot?
died.

He didn't hit a wall or hit a wall, he took advantage of the panic when Shi Zi fell, and he poured a cup of poisoned wine himself and went back to the west with Shi Zi.

When the case was found to this point, the third son was greatly relieved.The prince always has a special vessel when he travels, and this golden pot was brought by the prince himself, and the servant who holds the pot is also a member of the prince's mansion.

Mu Sanqing's innocent tears fell again, holding his father and crying bitterly, "My son's innocence can finally be proved." He also said, "My son has been taught by his father since he was a child, so he is not a brother. Big brother treats his son as a minister." I have always cared for my elder brother. My servant treats my eldest brother with respect and love. My elder brother was murdered by a traitor, and this thief wants to separate my father, my son, and my brother. What a wolfish ambition!" He also scolded the villain who killed his elder brother.

Mu San was indeed wronged, he dreamed that his elder brother would return to the West as soon as possible, but no matter how brainless he was, he would never do anything in his own house!Even if the evidence now shows that this matter has nothing to do with him, but, people's words are terrible, how many people can look at the evidence and speak?Even if there is evidence, people have to say whether they are willing to believe it or not. There is also the one who said sourly, "If it has nothing to do with the third son, why is that scoundrel not living in the womb or other people's house? Can it be said that there is something different about the third son's mansion?"

Don't look mean, it's actually justified.

Let’s just say that the little servant who is the assassin can hold the pot for the prince. This servant is definitely a face-to-face servant in front of the prince. The prince has always been kind to others, but why does this servant want to use drugs to kill the prince?It can't be crazy, can it?

At least, there must be a plausible reason.

So, continue to check the servant, the background of the servant, and communicate in the palace.

By the way, there is also the golden pot, was it brought out by the crown prince, or did it come from somewhere else?
The servant of the Shizi Mansion who was in charge of gold and silver utensils insisted that the gold pots coming out of their mansion were absolutely fine, and he had checked them carefully.Moreover, the gold and silver wares of the Shizifu all have the mark of the Shizifu, so it can't be bad.As soon as the waiter started to use the mechanism pot, he immediately realized that it was wrong. From the weight to the craftsmanship, there were differences, and it was definitely not handed out by him.

So where did the pot of gold come from?
The most likely possibility is that they came out of the Sangongzi's mansion.

Knowing this turning point, Mu San's innocent face immediately turned green again.

The point is, the flaws were really found out from his mansion, because the damn golden pot of Shizi's mansion was really fished out of the well in Mu San's mansion.This proves that the golden pot of Shizi Mansion was replaced in Mu San Mansion.

Well, Mu San, you have to explain this.

No matter how Mu San could explain it, Mu San couldn't explain it clearly even with his mouth open.However, Mu San's mother, King Jingjiang's favorite concubine, Qiu Shi, did explain for her son. She asked King Jingjiang, "The people in our palace, are the servants just the most loyal and privately passed things on? In what year did there not be many incidents? Sanlang is too busy to obey the orders of the prince every day. In his mansion, there are hundreds of people from the chief executive to the second-class steward and the third-class steward to the ordinary servants. What? It’s nothing more than the big ones controlling the medium ones, and the medium ones controlling the small ones! It’s not that I’m talking badly. What kind of pots and jars contain poisonous wine or fine wine? Could it be that people from Sanlang’s mansion poured it into the Shizi cup? ?” It’s not that the prince himself is not strict enough to control his subordinates, and let the thieves get close to him.Now the son kicked his legs back to the west, but he rubbed the living like this.I hate it when I'm alive, and I hate it even more when I'm dead. I'm a born debt collector!

Qiu wiped away tears and said, "Sanlang, the lord has seen him since he was a child. Who is the lord who doesn't know what kind of person he is? If others suspect him, that's all. There are so many foolish people in this world. Those mean-spirited villains who gloated and waited for the fisherman to gain, can say no matter how ugly they are, they hope that something will happen to Sanlang. Who is the prince? You are Sanlang's own father. You are so suspicious of him, but why? Didn't you force him to die?"

"I'm not just defending Saburo. My lord, think about it. The children in our family are all brothers and sisters. I have seen them since childhood. None of them are the ones who would poison the prince! Think about it, my lord. Now, who will benefit the most? Those villains are only instigating our family's father and son to be suspicious of each other, but they don't know that Bei Mian'er is applauding." Qiu Fangfei deserves to be King Jingjiang's favorite concubine, and she knows King Jingjiang quite well. One sentence touched King Jingjiang's heart.

Concubine Qiu looked at King Jingjiang's face without any trace, knowing that these words had entered King Jingjiang's heart, and continued, "My lord thinks carefully, who has such a great ability to provoke the suspicion of our monarchs and ministers here, then Gan The land could have been taken back, but what about now?"

Concubine Qiu has already flattered King Jingjiang's heart here. In fact, Concubine Qiu is not eloquent. What she said is not just about the current situation. I don't quite believe that my sons will do something to poison their elder brother.The world is so ridiculous, King Jingjiang hated his brothers and sisters to death when he was young, but when he has children, he believes that the children are little white rabbits, vegetarian creatures who only eat radishes and vegetables.King Jingjiang never believed that his sons were so ruthless, so Jingjiang decided to bring the case to Emperor Mu Yuan.King Jingjiang thought very well, but Jiang Xingyun didn't give it for nothing. Jiang Xingyun's news is not slow, and I don't know if it is because of his family background, or whether Jiang Xingyun was born with this skill. The fifth prince doesn't know how Jiang Xingyun found these detailed works. It's too late, but Jiang Xingyun has a way to influence the investigation of Prince Jingjiang's case.

After Jiang Xingyun knew that Jingjiang Shizi died of the poisoned wine poured by the servant, he immediately pointed out a direction for Jingjiang to investigate the case, and track down the servant next to the prince.

King Jingjiang wanted to close the case, but it was not so easy.

The servant who poured the poisoned wine for the son committed suicide, but the servants of the son's mansion counted one by one, including the maids, and investigated them one by one.This investigation can be very lively, privately given and received, large amounts of wealth of unknown origin, stolen, sold, shoddy, and expensive medicinal materials are bought and sold. For example, 500-year-old ginseng is replaced by 300-year-old ginseng. 200 years... There are interests in it, but there are also things that can't be seen.Let's check again, ha, it's not just one or two who got slapped in the face.

Even Qiu's natal family, the side concubine Qiu's, was also bruised and swollen, because a certain servant from the Shizi's mansion confessed, and asked him to provide information about how much money was given to him by an adult in the Qiu family.There are several other princes' residences, including King Jingjiang's own harem, which are also unclean.

Even though King Jingjiang wanted to pin the case on Emperor Mu Yuan, he was furious when he saw what the Criminal Division found out.

It can be said that this winter, the fifth prince's pleasure is to sit on a small bench and watch the excitement of the Jingjiang Palace.

Of course, the fifth prince did not delay his business. Even though he was in the south of the Yangtze River, he also presided over the sacrifice to heaven and earth in his feudal territory Fujian. At the same time, he prayed to the heavens to see if he could directly ask the heavens to send down the divine thunder. It would be good to kill King Jingjiang.Of course, he doesn't mind if it's another way of death.

In addition to praying to the sky, the fifth prince also consulted Mr. Tang, who is said to be the descendant of the gods. The fifth prince said, "I heard from Xiao Tang that when the gods of Tang were alive, they could attract thunder from the sky. not true?"

You must know that the Tang family is very proud of the fact that their ancestors gave birth to living gods. Xiao Tang is so unrestrained, and Mr. Tang is so prudent.Master Tang said very reservedly, "I heard that when the ancestors calculated the secrets of heaven, there will be this vision."

As soon as he heard that there was a door, the fifth prince immediately asked, "Old Tang, will you attract thunder from the sky?"

Master Tang waved his hands again and again, "This old minister doesn't know the art of immortality at all." If he had this kind of ability, he would have killed all his enemies, family and political enemies a long time ago.

The fifth prince was disappointed, "Why didn't Immortal Tang pass on some supernatural powers to your descendants?"

Regarding this matter, the Tang family had a unified explanation for a long time ago. Master Tang said, "Cultivating immortals depends on whether there are immortal bones. Since the ancestors, the Tang family has no one with immortal bones. Moreover, experience in the world of mortals is also a kind of practice." Don't look There were immortals in their ancestors, and the Tang family did not have a strong desire to become immortals.It is said that the immortal ancestors thousands of years ago are too embarrassing.

Hearing that the Tang family had no way to induce the thunder, the fifth prince was rather disappointed.In desperation, the fifth prince had no choice but to strengthen his military training and strengthen his defense. At the same time, he secretly thought that although King Jingjiang couldn't be shot dead, he didn't mind if King Jingjiang continued to be unlucky.

The fifth prince's wish was not fulfilled. You must know that a person who can achieve something in the cause of rebellion is basically not an ordinary person.What's more, King Jingjiang just hit Zhili last year, shaking the imperial capital, making the fifth prince's father, Emperor Mu Yuan, ten years old overnight. Thinking about it, King Jingjiang is not easy to get along with.

Before the new year, King Jingjiang did two things. The first thing was to quickly end the investigation of his son's death and attribute the case to the imperial capital's assassination. The mastermind behind the scenes was his nephew Emperor Mu Yuan.

The second thing is that the king of Jingjiang sacrificed to the heaven and earth to sue the Taimiao, and made the eldest son of the eldest son the grandson.

These two incidents quickly stabilized the chaotic situation in Jingjiang.

(End of this chapter)