Pu Yan died in the bedroom on the second floor of the mansion.

He removed a gauze curtain and used it as a rope for hanging and tied it to the beam. Because of his thin figure, the gauze curtain could barely bear his weight without the seemingly fragile beam fall together.

After Jiang Yi had a brief conversation with Wu, he went straight into the mansion.The official officer guarding the door originally wanted to stop him, but reluctantly let him in after seeing the dental plaque representing his identity.

All the servants and maidservants in the house were taken to the government for questioning, and there were not many living people in the huge mansion.Just as Wu Zuo said, there are no relatives left in Pu Yan's mansion.

But at the banquet the day before, he clearly said that his wife and children were still waiting for him at home, it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, and he wanted to go home early.

Where are the wife and children?

Has he been killed, or was he taken away by someone?

The first floor is basically a room for servants, while the second floor is where the owner lives.

However, the doors of these rooms are closed and unlocked, and when they are opened, there will be dust from the pavement. It is obvious that no one has lived in them for a long time.

Jiang Yi covered his face with his sleeves, squinted his eyes and looked into the room, and saw the overturned make-up dowry on the table in one of the rooms.

This should have been the house where the female relatives lived before.

Jiang Yi paused on the door frame with his fingertips, and slowly walked into this wing.

The furnishings in the room are simple, only a bed, a table and a cabinet, and the chairs are neatly leaning against the wall, which seems to be neatly tidied up.There is not a piece of clothing left in the cabinet, only the thin dust of the room is scattered in the morning sunlight.

Valuable things, clothing and makeup were all taken away, it didn't look like they were taken away suddenly, but more like a planned departure.

Did Pu Yan transfer his relatives away, or did someone else take them hostage and force Pu Yan to commit suicide?

Jiang Yi frowned, and then pushed open the door of a wing directly opposite.

This room does not have the feeling of people taking tea to cool down. The table is full of books, paper and pens, and even the ink in the inkstone has not dried up, as if someone wrote here just now.

This is Pu Yan's study.

Jiang Yi walked to the table and turned over the documents page by page, and found that they were all the affairs that the Ministry of War had to deal with every day.

He slowly pushed aside the stacked rolls of official documents, revealing the bottom one.

The material of this paper is different from others, with a very thick texture, just like those papyrus papers brought in as tribute from foreign lands, it is not easy to be damp or gnawed out by insects, and it is very easy to preserve.

Jiang Yi turned the paper over, his pupils shrank suddenly.

The paper was not full of handwriting like other scrolls, but replaced with half a hand-painted image, and even the place names were marked on it in detail.

"River and Sea Cartography".

The moment Jiang Yi saw the hand-painted images, he thought of the once sensational Gemyu Mapping.

Probably when the first emperor was still alive, there was a strange person among the people who liked to travel around the mountains and rivers, and visited famous mountains and rivers all his life.

After more than ten years, he personally drew these landscapes into an atlas, which clearly marked the natural moats and dam defense lines inside and outside the border, and even the locations of outposts and military camps stationed on the border. He named it "He Hai Graphics".

It can be said that this "River and Sea Map System" is no different from clearly displaying the terrain and formation of the entire Dayan on the bright side.

If it is obtained by the enemy or someone with evil intentions, the consequences will be disastrous, so the late emperor ordered someone to spend a lot of money to buy this album back, and it should still be kept in the imperial study for now.

How could it appear on the table of a small military minister right now?

Jiang Yi ran his fingertips over the corner of the "Hehai Tuzhi" page, and found that there was no imprint of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. Then he confirmed that the drawing in front of him was not the one that should have been placed in the imperial study.

How could Pu Yan come into contact with such confidential things?

He closed his eyes slightly, screened out all the memories related to Pu Yan, and finally fixed the party at Song Shangshu's mansion that night.

Never forget……

Pu Yan can copy the handwriting of famous masters at a glance, so does he also have the ability to copy "Hehai Tuzhi" at a glance?

It doesn't even need to be very detailed, even if it is roughly sketched, it is enough to be called leaking the secrets of the court, so that Dayan is in the dark and the enemy is in the open.

Jiang Yi suddenly grabbed the half-drawn fake in his hand, hurried down the stairs from the second floor, and headed straight for the palace.

-

Resting and taking a bath today, it is rare to be free in the palace.Emperor Hong Wen had finished reading the memorial, and was watching the snow in a small pavilion in the back garden, while Xiao Huangmen, who was waiting, squeezed his voice and said: "Report to the emperor, Mr. Jiang is waiting outside."

Emperor Hong Wen was playing chess with himself, when he heard this, he squeezed Hei Zi's hand and knocked it lightly on the edge of the chess board.

After a while, he said lightly: "Let him come over."

Jiang Yi got his approval, but still walked hurriedly. After saluting hastily, before he could speak, he heard Hong Wendi say: "The murderer who killed Feng'er's wife has been found, does Jiang Aiqing know?"

"I already know..." Jiang Yi's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm, "It's just that I have something important to report to His Majesty."

Emperor Hong Wen rested his cheeks, his eyes still fell on the chess piece: "Since the murderer has been caught, the suspicion of your student has been cleared, so what else do you want to tell me?"

"This minister thinks that Pu Shilang is not the real murderer."

Jiang Yi collected himself and continued, "Weichen met Pu Shilang before he died. At that time, he didn't show any signs of wanting to commit suicide, so I wonder if..."

Emperor Hong Wen played with the sunspot in his hand for a long time, and finally landed it on the chessboard: "What is it?"

"Someone kidnapped Pu Shilang's wife and children, and wanted to frame Pu Shilang..."

Jiang Yi knew that Emperor Hong Wen was not in a very happy mood at this time, but he still gritted his teeth and said all his thoughts, "Princess Fifteen is usually smart and smart, and she has never had any interaction with Pu Shilang, how could she be so easily attracted by him?" Tricked out of the palace?"

Hong Wendi rubbed the edge of the chessboard, and did not speak in a hurry, as if he wanted to wait for him to finish all his thoughts.

"What's more, Shichen was also present when he conducted the autopsy, and found that the corpse had been scratched by wild animals."

Jiang Yi rolled up his sleeves, revealing the scabbed wound: "It's the same as the wound that I was scratched by the noble concubine Xiao Feilian when I was in the imperial study that day."

The relaxation and leisure on Emperor Hongwen's face finally disappeared, and his brows and eyes gradually turned cold: "What does Jiang Aiqing mean by this?"

Jiang Yi took a deep breath, and said his deduction word by word: "I feel that the death of the fifteenth concubine may be related to Concubine Xuan Gui, and please be aware of it."

Emperor Hong Wen punched the desk case, shaking the black and white tiles on it to "crack" and bounce: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"I know."

Jiang Yi had expected Hong Wendi's reaction long ago: "It's just that Pu Shilang's suicide note is too strange, and the injury on the fifteenth princess' body is really a coincidence. I ask Your Majesty to look into it."

"Your student saved my life before, so I turned a blind eye to his lies."

Emperor Hongwen stood up slowly, his hands on the table trembling slightly: "It's all right if you take him away from the prison, and I'll make a difference, pretending that I didn't see it. Are you finally crazy now? Have you What evidence?"

After he finished speaking, his chest rose and fell violently, and then he coughed a few times muffled while covering his lips.

The little yellow gate guarding in the distance didn't know what they said. Seeing Emperor Hong Wen's agitation, he hesitated whether to come over.

Jiang Yi took out the forged "He Hai Tu Zhi" from his arms, and slowly laid it flat on the table: "This is the evidence of my minister."

Emperor Hongwen looked down at the drawing that hadn't been completely drawn, and the anger that had been rising in his heart suddenly subsided a little bit, and his voice was a little more surprised: "Where did you come from..."

"It was only an hour ago."

Jiang Yi pushed the fake copy in front of him: ""He Hai Tu Zhi" is a confidential album, which is kept in the imperial study. I have been an official for many years, but I only read it once before signing the Wang Ling alliance. That's all."

"Then how do you explain this one?"

Emperor Hong Wen looked up at the young prime minister in front of him, his palms slowly soaked in cold sweat.

"Your Majesty may not be aware of it, Pu Shilang is the most famous among the officials for one thing, and that is "retentive memory.""

Seeing that Emperor Hong Wen's mood seemed to have stabilized, Jiang Yi slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "The minister was invited by Song Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Department to go to his mansion for a banquet the night before, and it happened that Pu Shilang was showing everyone his unforgettable talent. It is clearly a calligraphy and painting that he has never seen before, and he can copy it [-]% of the time. If your majesty does not believe it, you can ask others to verify it."

Emperor Hong Wen lowered his voice: "Jiang Aiqing means that Pu Shilang used his photographic memory to imitate a copy of "He Hai Tu Zhi"?"

Jiang Yi nodded: "There are indeed quite a few people who want "The Map of Rivers and Seas". I am afraid Pu Shilang is also instigated by others, not the real person behind the scenes."

"But I still feel..."

Emperor Hong Wen let out a long sigh: "A few days ago, Xuan'er said that she was not feeling well. I invited the imperial doctor to consult her, and found out the happy pulse. She is already pregnant with my child."

Jiang Yi lowered his eyelashes, and his eyes gradually became sharp——

What he was most worried about really happened.

If this child is born, it will be the most powerful threat to the crown prince according to how much Emperor Hong Wen loves Concubine Xuan.

"I'm not just making trouble with Concubine Xuan, but I just want to remind Your Majesty..." He said softly, "Who can approach the Royal Study Room to get the "Hehai Tuzhi" without anyone noticing, and who can avoid it?" Through the eyes and ears of the people in the court, sent the poisoned porridge to His Majesty?"

"Even if we don't rule out the possibility of the eunuch's actions, His Majesty really shouldn't be so reassuring about Concubine Xuan Gui. In fact, I don't need to say much, Your Majesty actually has the answer in his heart, right?"

Emperor Hong Wen slowly fell back into his seat, with a complex expression on his face, as if rationality was in a fierce confrontation with the inseparable sensibility, but in the end there was only a sigh:

"Then what do you want from me?"

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