Xie and Tianxia

Right?" Hou Ruijun said with a smile: "This Liang Yushi usually still has this kind of habit, really..."

"Stop laughing, did you remember everything?" Mu Yongning said angrily.

"Remember, remember."

"Bring it to me and see."

Hou Ruijun smiled and wrote the official

The information was passed to Mu Yongning.

Mu Yongning looked at it once, and said: "It's almost there." Then he said to the girls and boys: "It's hard for you today, you go down first."

Hou Ruijun asked: "Your Highness, what is the use of this thing?"

"Your grandfather's injury was not accidental, it was an accident."

"What do you mean? At that time, a child was playing with firecrackers and frightened the horse, so grandpa accidentally fell off the carriage."

"Let me ask you, did all the officials know about the lack of two examiners and your grandfather taking over?"

"Yes, at that time my grandfather took the initiative to go to the academy and talk to the adults who were the examiners."

"So your grandpa had an accident."

"Ah?" Hou Ruijun was surprised: "They attacked my grandfather? My grandfather is the Duke of the state."

"I don't know who did it. At least one thing can be proved, that is, those chief examiners don't want Hou Guogong to be a ruthless and selfless proctor. Isn't there some secret behind it?"

"Your Highness means that there must be some shady activities among those officials, such as covering up candidates for cheating."

"That's right, so I specifically asked for a list of their family members and officials they usually make friends with."

"Your Highness wants me to keep an eye on the candidates who appear on the list."

"Well, there is also the fact that we are now the chief examiner. No one knows, so it's best to keep it a secret, and explain it to the other chief examiners on the day of the scientific examination. And our identity cannot be revealed."

"This is easy to handle, leave the task of hiding your identity to me!"

"Then thank you Young Master Hou."

"Oh, you are His Royal Highness, thank you so much, see you!"

After the two discussed it properly, Mu Yongning declined Hou Ruijun's dinner and returned to the East Palace.Mu Yukun was still in the study, and when Mu Yongning came in, he jumped.

"It's so late, is the emperor still leaving?"

"I thought there was nothing to do back home, so I stayed here for a while. By the way, I talked to Mr. Hou about something, and I came back so late."

Mu Yongning raised his lips and chuckled, and said thoughtfully: "So the emperor didn't leave because he wanted to catch me if I came back earlier! Is the emperor worried about me?"

"I……"

Mu Yongning walked behind Mu Yukun and pressed his shoulders for him.

Feeling that someone touched him, Mu Yukun hurriedly stood up and said, "This is against the rules."

"In the court, I am the emperor and you are the minister. In the palace, you are my uncle, my elder. Isn't it natural for me, a junior, to rub shoulders for the elders?"

Mu Yukun just sat down and let Mu Yongning massage.Mu Yongning took this opportunity to tell Mu Yukun what was in his heart.

"Aren't you afraid of offending the powerful by doing this? They are all veterans."

"It's because they are all veterans, so it is necessary to select outstanding talents to take over their classes through scientific examinations."

"I really can't say enough about you."

—————A few days later——————

The triennial scientific examination was held as scheduled, and the examinees came to the Gongyuan in the capital all hoping that they could pass the examination, serve the country, and win glory for the family.

Gongyuanli.Master Cheng said: "There are still two examiners missing this year, why haven't the people from the academy found someone to replace them?"

Mr. Liang said: "Old Cheng, it's just right that there are two less examiners. We don't have to worry about our dirty work being discovered."

"Master Liang, I'm afraid that the two examiners who came suddenly are big shots."

Just as they were talking, Mu Yongning and Hou Ruijun rushed to the Gongyuan.

"I'm Li You, the supervisor of the Imperial Academy, and I've met all the adults." Hou Ruijun said.

"I've met the adults in Zhou Kuang, the head of Zhan's Mansion," Mu Yongning said.

Mr. Cheng, who was still nervous just now, saw the two young men who came, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It's so early, you two boys, let us old bones wait for so long."

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Cheng, we are late, but the exam is about to start, and the invigilator is the most important thing." After Hou Ruijun finished speaking, he looked at Mr. Cheng.

"Let's go." Master Cheng snorted coldly.

In the examination hall of the candidates of the Tribute Academy, Mr. Liang said: "Before the examination, I still want to declare that cheating is shameful, it is unfair to others, and it is also a contempt for yourself, so candidates, please do not cheat in any way. , when you take the exam, our chief examiners will patrol back and forth, and will not give you any chance to cheat!"

Hou Ruijun approached Mu Yongning and said, "It's really hypocritical."

"Keep your voice down, don't be overheard." Mu Yongning said.

"What are you two doing!" Master Cheng walked up to them and said, "Don't tell me you're late, you still talk small things, and I don't know why the people in the academy chose you as the chief examiner."

After Master Cheng finished speaking, he glanced at them, then turned around and chuckled: But that's okay.

After the exam started, Mu Yongning and Hou Ruijun carefully looked at the candidates' names to see if there were any names on the list yesterday.

The search was to find candidates corresponding to the names on the list, but none of them meant to cheat.

After the day's exam was over, the chief examiner took away the test papers and let the candidates leave the Tribute Academy, telling them to study hard and prepare for tomorrow's exam.

Hou Ruijun found Mu Yongning and whispered: "Your Highness, I have found candidates who are related to those chief examiners, but they don't seem to be cheating!"

"Me too." Mu Yongning said.

"Then this—"

"You two come here!" Mr. Liang said: "You are tired after a day, go back and rest!"

Hou Ruijun said: "Why, Mr. Liang, we young people are full of energy, and you should rest if you want to rest. Leave the task of checking the test papers to us!"

"Let you go back as soon as you go back, how capable are you two fledgling boys to see the good articles in the test paper!" Mr. Cheng said angrily.

"We—" Hou Ruijun wanted to say something, but was stopped by Mu Yongning.

Mu Yongning said: "Then it's hard work, my lords." After speaking, he dragged Hou Ruijun away.

Leaving the Gongyuan, Hou Ruijun said: "Your Highness, they look down on us or something, why don't they let us read the test papers!"

"Don't worry, you will see the test paper, let's go eat first."

After dinner, Mu Yongning didn't let Hou Ruijun go back, but dragged him around the capital.

"Your Highness, what are you taking me for?"

"You'll find out after a while."

The two walked and walked back to the Gongyuan.By this time it was already night, and everyone on the street had gone home one after another.

"Your Highness, what are we doing at the Gongyuan at night?"

"Look at the test paper. Didn't you see any clues in the test room? Let's see if there is any problem with this test paper."

"Then how do we get in?"

"Climb the wall and get in."

The two found a place with a tree, and Mu Yongning said, "I can almost reach the trunk by stepping on your shoulders."

Hou Ruijun looked at Mu Yongning pitifully, and said, "Is this really the case?"

"Then you can also step on my shoulder, and then you go up first."

"Forget it." Hou Ruijun squatted down and said, "Come on."

Mu Yongning stepped on Hou Ruijun's shoulder carefully, then jumped up suddenly, hooking his hands to the tree trunk, and using his legs hard, he turned over the tree.

Mu Yongning exposed half of his body and stretched out his hand to Hou Ruijun, "Come up!"

Hou Ruijun jumped up and grabbed Mu Yongning, and then climbed up the tree by the wall of the Gongyuan.

Mu Yongning and Hou Ruijun looked at the grass under the tree. Before Mu Yongning could speak, Hou Ruijun said, "Stop talking, Your Highness. I'll jump down and give you a backrest."

Before the word "hey" could be said, Hou Ruijun jumped down. Fortunately, the ground was grass, and if it was a concrete floor, he would not have a bad fall.

Mu Yongning climbed down the big tree, and said, "Young Master Hou, I want to say that the trunk of this big tree is thick and thick, and it can be climbed down."

"Your Highness, you... oh." Hou Ruijun got up and wiped his nosebleed, "If it wasn't for the absence of stones on the ground, my handsome face would be disfigured."

"Okay, let's go."

The two came to the place where the examination papers were stored in the Gong Yuan.

"His Royal Highness, I, Hou Ruijun, never imagined that one day I would be able to climb the wall." While walking, Hou Ruijun still did not forget to find a topic to talk about.

I also never imagined that one day I would become the prince of the Yue Kingdom, Mu Yongning said in his heart.

"Hey, Your Royal Highness, here we are, the door seems to be locked." Seeing that Mu Yongning didn't answer himself, Hou Ruijun had no choice but to change the topic.

Mu Yongning walked to the door, looked at the lock, and said, "It seems that our work was wasted."

Hou Ruijun exclaimed: "Busy work for nothing? Your Highness, we who both checked the list and climbed over the wall are now trapped by a small door lock?"

"You can go!" Mu Yongning folded his arms and snorted coldly.

"I……"

"If you can't, stand away with the candle."

Hou Ruijun said "Oh" and stood behind Mu Yongning, holding a candle to the door lock.

Mu Yongning took out a silver needle from his pocket, pointed it at the lock cylinder twice, and only heard a "click", and the door lock fell off.

Seeing this scene, Hou Ruijun couldn't believe his eyes, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness can unlock the lock!"

"I know what you know, and if you don't, I will too." Mu Yongning opened the door and went in after finishing speaking.

People are so popular! Hou Ruijun looked at the lock on the ground and sighed.

After finding the test papers for the morning candidates, the two began to get busy.

After a while, Hou Ruijun touched Mu Yongning and said, "His Royal Highness, look at this. This is the Zheng Hu I am following. His mother is the younger sister of Mr. Cheng who murdered us in the morning. I will read his handwriting in the morning." It’s not the same as the handwriting on this one.”

"It was replaced." Mu Yongning said indifferently, as if all this was within his expectation.

"They did this kind of thing, no wonder they don't let us read the test papers."

"I found one too."

"Your Highness, do you want to continue the investigation?"

"Don't check, let's have a showdown with them tomorrow. It doesn't make much sense to continue this kind of moisture test."

"Your Highness is right. Look at this, Your Highness. I think this test paper is very strange."

Mu Yongning took the test paper and read it carefully.

Hou Ruijun said: "This Su Qingxuan doesn't seem to be on the list."

"This was also replaced by someone."

"what?"

"You think it's weird, don't you. Take it and smell it carefully."

Hou Ruijun took the test paper, put it on his nose, sniffed it suddenly, and said, "It smells so good!"

"It was the ink that sold this test paper, and the aroma came from the ink. This kind of ink with a special aroma is only produced in Yi Country, and Yue Country does not have this kind of ink. Yi Country has not released this kind of ink. The ink is exported to Vietnam, but it is only secretly sold on the black market, and the asking price is usually very high.”

"I don't even know this kind of ink, the son of Duke Hou, so who else would know this kind of ink?"

"The point is not who knows about this ink, the point is that someone wants to cover up a truth."

"The truth? What truth?"

"After reading all the test papers, the chief examiner has to pick out excellent test papers and show them to the people in the academy. After reading them, the people in the academy think that this person is capable, so they will recommend those people to me in the memorial. The palace test. I guess this Su Qingxuan is a talent, he answered the test paper perfectly, so he was replaced, and the adult who changed the test paper has a rich family."

"It means they don't just trade the bad ones, they trade the good ones too. What are those old things trying to do!"

"They are old, so the court needs young and talented officials to replace them. If they want to control the government, they must make the court unable to lose them, so they secretly let those who are truly capable fall off the list."

After hearing this, Hou Ruijun couldn't help but clenched his fist and slammed it on the table: "These old people!"

☆, fly into a rage

After the two left the tribute courtyard, Hou Ruijun asked puzzledly: "Your Highness, how do you know about the ink from the Yi Kingdom? You also know that this ink has not been exported to the Yue Kingdom yet?"

"I, I have seen a lot." Mu Yongning said calmly.Although he appeared calm, his heart was still beating violently.

Hou Ruijun smiled, and said again: "Your Highness has seen so many things!"

"Go back to rest early, there is still a fierce battle to be fought tomorrow." Mu Yongning quickly changed the topic, and then left quickly.Only Hou Ruijun stayed where he was.

On the second day, when the chief examiners arrived at the Gong Yuan, the candidates had already been waiting there for a long time.

Mr. Liang said: "Why haven't you distributed the test paper yet?"

"My lord, there are still two examiners missing." Fu Daren said.

"It can't be the two who were late yesterday!" Mr. Cheng said angrily, "I didn't punish them yesterday, so why are they doing it again and again today!"

At this time, a voice came from outside the tribute courtyard: "His Royal Highness has arrived—"

As soon as the examinee heard that His Highness the Crown Prince had come, he immediately became agitated.

Master Cheng whispered: "What is His Royal Highness doing here? Could it be that he knows something?"

"I don't know, let's welcome in first."

After Mu Yongning brought Hou Ruijun in, the examiners and all the candidates saluted one after another.After Mu Yongning signaled them to get up, he walked to the main seat and said loudly: "Everyone, yesterday Xiao Wang learned about a heartbreaking event."

"I don't know what His Highness means—"

"Don't Mr. Liang know what Xiao Wang is referring to?" Mu Yongning walked up to Mr. Liang and said with a smile, "Of course it's cheating!"

All the candidates exploded when they heard the word "cheating".

"Your Highness, please severely punish those who cheat!" I don't know which candidate shouted, and then the other candidates shouted: "Severely punish those who cheat, severely punish those who cheat!"

Master Cheng turned his head and said angrily: "His Royal Highness is still up there, why are you arguing!"

Mr. Liang said: "I don't know where Your Highness got the news from?"

"Of course I listened to what the other examiners said."

"Your Highness, if a candidate cheats, any examiner will tell the other examiners. Why don't we know? Could it be Your Highness..."

"Xiao Wang is not mistaken." Mu Yongning interrupted Mr. Liang all of a sudden, walked up to the examinees and said, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. It just so happens that Master Hou from Shuntian Mansion is here, why don't you let Master Hou take care of you?" Check it out, your exams will be suspended from now on, and you will make other arrangements after the truth is found out, so please stay in the capital for a few more days, and if you don't have money, go to Shuntian Mansion to collect the money."

When Hou Ruijun heard this, he moved closer to Mu Yongning and said, "Your Highness, why did you ask me to investigate the case and give me money?"

"Then after this exam, let the students who study hard wait for another three years, and the candidates who changed the test papers are also among them. Let them all stay in the capital, so that they can be punished conveniently."

"It makes sense." Hou Ruijun nodded.

"It's not that what I said makes sense, it's because you are reluctant to part with money."

At noon, in the tribute courtyard, the chief examiners hadn't returned yet.

Master Cheng took the lead and said, "Where did the news come from His Royal Highness?"

"Didn't Mr. Fu say that there are two examiners missing?" Mr. Liang glared at Mr. Cheng.

"Then it's hard for them to..."

"It's not difficult, they are disguised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Young Master Hou." Mr. Liang said humanely.

"Could it be that we didn't show them the test papers, so they doubted it?"

"Eighty percent."

"Master Liang, what will we do now!"

Mr. Liang didn't speak, just sat quietly, and after a while he said: "Some of us take bribes from friends; The perfectly perfect test papers were also replaced, so that the imperial court had to use us. In this way, we did several scientific examinations in a row, but no one found out. But this saying is good! I often walk by the river, how can I not Wet shoes."

"It seems that our meeting will really fall into the hands of the prince."

Morning the next day.

"His Royal Highness, Hou Ruijun has something to announce!"

"Say!"

"Reporting to Your Highness, according to my investigation, it has been confirmed that the test papers of more than 20 people including Zheng Hu, Gao Jiayun, Wang Hao, and Su Qingxuan have been changed. Last night, I invited these 20 people to the academy to take the exam again, and I personally supervised them. Now, the eight people headed by Su Qingxuan were all replaced with test papers full of mistakes, while the other dozen people failed to do it. These people are already waiting outside the hall, will His Highness summon them?"

"Call them up."

Outside the Golden Luan Hall, Su Qing declared: "You shameless cheaters, just wait, Your Highness will decide for us!"

"That's right, you people have such cruel faces, no matter how you think about it, you are not the ones who can pass the exam." The other candidates also said indignantly.

"Say we cheated. If we cheated, we would be deprived of the exam qualifications. At most, we would be in jail for a few more days. After we came out, we would still be popular and drink hot food. Hmph, even if you pass the exam, you are still low-ranking officials, and you are not as good as us. "

"That's right, if my mother hadn't let me take the imperial examination to honor my family, would I be in prison now?"

"An official like us who spends money casually is bigger than your little sesame official."

"You..." Su Qing said angrily, "Don't deceive people too much."

Just when they were about to quarrel, the little father-in-law walked over and said, "Your Highness summons you, everyone, come with us."

Inside the Jinluan Hall, Mu Yongning looked at the candidates standing below and said, "All those who bribed the chief examiner to change the test papers should kneel down."

As soon as the words fell, no one knelt down, and Mu Yongning was also very patient and kept waiting.After half a stick of incense, he said: "No one knelt down, so the examiner changed the test papers without permission. If your confession does not match the confession of those adults, you will be unlucky."

At this time, the dozen or so candidates knelt down.

Mu Yongning said: "The other thing is that the test papers were changed. Although you people have been changed test papers, but you don't know it, it's not cheating. You go back and rest first. As for these people who are kneeling, what do you have to say? .”

"..."

"If you have nothing to say, you will acquiesce. Since you have done something wrong, you will be punished. Pass this order from the prince, and these cheaters can be pulled out and beheaded for public display!"

"What, beheading for public display?" The officials below chattered.

"This is not very good, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Mr. Liang said humanely.

Mu Yongning said angrily: "Hmph, then what should Master Yiliang do with them? Should they be deprived of their examination qualifications and let them buy officials, or should they be imprisoned and released within a few days? Strict law, no country! If the state does not deal with them severely, it will not be able to make those rich and powerful people pay attention to scientific examination. What is scientific examination? Scientific examination is the fairest test for a country to select talents, and now you are People have become a game where you can take the exam and cheat if you want to. Think about it, you have lived in a superior environment since you were young, have you ever thought about those poor children who studied hard for ten years? What you did to them Is it fair!"

"..."

"And these adults, you actually let those truly talented people fail the rankings and let them be buried in order to make the court have to reuse you. You are so pedantic! You think you have really worked hard for the court! Don't Tell me that Yue State has such good resources, but its national strength is not as strong as Yi State; there are no natural disasters, and so many people are hungry every year, it is all caused by you, who are reused by the court!"

"..."

"Don't talk, right? If you don't talk, I'll tell you. The reason why Yue's national power is not strong is because you corrupted the law and turned the state's private iron and gold mines into your own privately owned one by one; and you wantonly deducted from the court and sent them to the poor. Local relief and supplies make poor places even poorer, and the people are miserable!"

Master Liang was about to speak, but Mu Yongning interrupted: "Master Liang wants evidence, don't worry, the prince will not punish you without evidence. Lord Hou, please check these few people carefully. Don't miss anything, my lord."

"The humble minister accepts the order." Hou Ruijun said.

"Put these cheaters to justice first. As for the adults, after your 'good deeds' are found out, you will be punished together! Retire!"

In the East Palace, Mu Yukun comforted Mu Yongning and said: "Those candidates who cheated have been punished, and this matter has been announced to the world. The matter is considered to be over, let's have a rest."

"Not yet, there are those adults."

"But even if it's a crime, it's impossible to just those few adults. If you want to clean up the court, you have to do it step by step. You can't rush."

"Uncle Emperor..."

"Go to sleep for a while, the most important thing is to nourish your spirit."

"Ah."

☆, an accident happened

After Hou Ruijun returned to Hou Guogong's mansion, he came to Hou Guogong's room.

"Grandpa, His Royal Highness has ordered me a big task!"

Hou Guogong said: "Grandpa already knew what happened in the early court. Even if I hadn't been injured, His Highness would have cleaned up those old things. It's really clever to use the scientific examination that scholars all over the world like to attack them."

"Grandpa, are people in the Mu family really so smart?"

"What? Look down on the Mu family, do you think His Highness the Crown Prince is stupid? Is His Highness King Qin stupid?"

"It's just that I think His Highness the Crown Prince is really too smart. He even knows the unique ink of the Yi Kingdom. I asked him how he knew it, and he told me that he is well-informed. Grandpa, think about it, His Highness the Crown Prince I live with Concubine Chen Guifei in a small fishing village in Yuezhou Bay. That place is already poor. It’s good for them to be able to read books. How can they have the opportunity to see any scented ink. Also, I sent someone to investigate. This kind of ink is in Yiguo It is also very expensive, and is generally only available to the royal family."

"Then what are you suspecting?"

"Grandpa, I have a bold guess. Do you think His Highness the Crown Prince will..."

Before Hou Ruijun finished speaking, Hou Guogong hit Hou Ruijun with a cane, and said: "You brat, I think you are busy and stupid, how can you doubt the identity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? There are sold on the black market. His Royal Highness King Qin knew about Baobuqi, so he bought it specially for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

While covering his leg, Hou Ruijun said: "Then His Royal Highness King Qin is too eccentric. He bought it for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not for his younger sister. I don't want to bother you anymore. I still have to investigate the case."

Hou Guogong looked at Hou Ruijun's retreating back and said in his heart: This kid is not easy to fool.The old man once sent people to investigate the identities of the two princes, and it turned out that the two princes were twins, but what Rui Jun said is not unreasonable!

Three days later at night, several carriages stopped at the entrance of the Gongyuan.The examination was suspended due to the cheating case, and the Gongyuan was empty at this time.

Master Cheng said: "I heard that Hou Ruijun has already found out what we did."

"Yes, at this time, the car is already prepared to go to the palace. Mr. Liang said humanely.

"Then why did Master Liang call us here? I thought you had figured out a solution?"

"The old man didn't ask you to come here, the old man was also invited here."

"Who would that be?"

Just when these adults were wondering, Mo Huai walked in through the gate and said, "I invited all the adults here."

"you are?"

"Mo Huai, the grandnephew of the Empress Dowager, is now the personal guard of His Royal Highness King Han."

"It turned out to be Lord Mo. I don't know why Lord Mo called us here?" Mr. Liang asked.

"Of course it's a deal. As far as I know, Hou Ruijun has already gone to the palace with the evidence of the crime. You also know that once the evidence of the crime is handed over to the prince, you will not only lose the black hat, but you may also implicate the nine clans."

"Then Master Mo can help us?"

"If I can't help you all, I won't call you here. If I can save your lord's life today, you lords should remember me in the future!"

"That's natural." Cheng Da said humanely.

"Wait" Mr. Liang looked at Mo Huai and said, "What method does Mr. Mo plan to use to help us settle things?"

"Of course it is a method that adults want to use but dare not use."

"You think, you want to kill Hou Ruijun? He is the grandson of Duke Hou!"

"My lords also know that the evidence of the crime is in the hands of Hou Ruijun. The only way now is to find a way to kill Hou Ruijun, but you dare not, but Mo Huai is not afraid. Mo Huai can solve it for you adults. I just hope the adults will not forget it. me!"

"Lord Mo, we can't do you any favors. Even if the prince doesn't know about our criminal evidence, just based on the cheating case, we will be demoted from office at least, and at worst, we will be imprisoned."

"Mo Huai said it. Mo Huai just asks the adults to remember today's kindness. As for the others, we will talk about it later."

"This……"

Master Liang was hesitating, when suddenly a young man ran in from the door, whispered something in Mo Huai's ear, and then backed away.

"My lords, it's settled." Mo Huaiyun said lightly.

In the East Palace, Mu Yongning was dealing with today's memorial, when Mu Yukun ran in out of breath and said, "Just now I heard from the people in Shuntian Mansion that something happened to Hou Ruijun."

Mu Yongning put down his pen with a "snap" and said, "What happened?"

"Yongning, don't get excited, listen to me, it was Hou Ruijun who came to you with the evidence as soon as he finished the investigation, but there was an accident on the way, the horse of the carriage suddenly lost control, and the horse's hoof kicked over the lantern on the side of the road. The candle in it fell out and set the carriage, the carriage on fire."

"What about Hou Ruijun?"

"..."

Mu Yongning grabbed the clothes on Mu Yukun's chest, and said, "Where is Hou Ruijun?"

"It's gone, the person and the criminal evidence are gone."

Mu Yongning let go of Mu Yukun all of a sudden, slumped on the chair, pressed his temples with both hands, and said dumbly: "This kind of accident must be human-made?"

"It must be man-made, but the coachman also died. The out-of-control horse fell off the cart, knocked its head to the ground, and died on the spot. And that horse was a horse from Duke Hou's mansion. It's impossible. It was done by people from Duke Hou's mansion."

"Uncle Huang, I want to see Hou Ruijun."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

The author has something to say: Who was the real murderer of Hou Ruijun?Is it Mo Huai, or...

☆、See Hou Guogong

After Mrs. Liang came out of the tribute courtyard, Mo Huai called over the boy who had just retired, and said, "Why did it get settled so quickly?"

"My lord, I think it's not far from the imperial palace, and there are lanterns in the place passing by, so I can burn it completely."

Mo Huai crossed his arms and thought, "It's getting late, who still hangs lanterns at night?"

"My lord said this, and my little one remembered it. You said before that you should pick a place with lanterns and let the little one signal the coachman to start, so that the horse kicked over the lantern to give the illusion of an accident. But the little one has observed the road section in advance, and there is no People lighting lanterns, originally I wanted to light one myself, and I was planning to do so, but I saw someone hanging up lanterns, although it was strange at the time, but I didn’t think much about it when I thought you still ordered this task.”

"Could it be that someone knew we were going to do something like this?" Mo Huai said to himself, "It can't be the prince's. Since he wanted to use those old things, how could he kill Hou Ruijun? If it wasn't him, who would it be?" Woolen cloth?"

Mu Yongning saw Hou Ruijun's body in the mourning hall set up by Hou Guogong's mansion.

Mu Yongning lit three sticks of incense and bowed three times to Hou Ruijun's body, after which a servant came over and said, "His Royal Highness, our Duke is here to invite you."

Mu Yongning responded and followed the boy away.Hou Guogong's mansion is not as luxurious as Mu Yongning imagined, but it gives people the feeling of a small bridge and flowing water.Mu Yongning likes this feeling very much, because this is his dream home.

Arriving at a separate courtyard, the servant said: "His Royal Highness, we have arrived."

Mu Yongning walked in, and the layout inside was exactly the same as the home he imagined, a bamboo house, a stream, a set of bamboo furniture, an old dog who usually likes to bask in the sun, and the most important people in the house. Together, do what you want to do.But now Mu Yongning can't achieve one thing.

"Young man, you are here." Hou Guogong's tone was not as if he was addressing the monarch, but as if he was addressing a student who came to be taught.

Mu Yongning said: "My lord, my condolences."

"There's nothing to be sad about. Death is a long-term love of human beings, and the old man also knows that there is something hidden about Rui Jun's death. Instead of being sad here, it's better for you and me to discuss who the murderer is."

After Hou Guogong finished speaking, he poured a cup of tea for Mu Yongning, and said, "Sit down and chat slowly."

"Then I'll cut to the chase. Both your injury and Ruijun's death were man-made. Both accidents pointed the finger at your horse and groom."

"The horse is a good horse, but the groom has some background. The groom who drove the horse for me before threw himself into a well after my accident. I also want to investigate, but I have no clue. The coachman who drove the horse for Mr. Rui is not my Marquis Family, he also died after the accident, but the case of my grandson is not an unsolved case."

"How to say?"

"Mr. Rui told me before that His Highness the Crown Prince knew about Yiguo Ink, and his analysis was logical. Your Highness, if my grandson could suspect it, you wouldn't have noticed that there is no one else here. It's just you and me, what's the matter?" Let go of the words."

"I admit that I did the hanging of the lantern."

"No, Your Highness didn't do anything, but the person who wanted to keep His Highness's secrets did it for His Highness, Your Highness, don't take the blame!"

"I……"

"I've said that there are no outsiders here, and I'm getting old, so why don't you feel at ease if you remember something and forget it when you turn around?"

"..."

"Did the imperial concubine do it?"

Mu Yongning nodded.

"Oh! You are not the late emperor's own son, and maybe you are not from Yue, but I feel that it is wise for the imperial concubine to let you be the crown prince. Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the fire."

"Hou Ruijun brought things about the life and death of those officials. Some officials will definitely not sit still. The best way to destroy evidence and witnesses is to burn them, and fire is the best accident. So if you want to create this accident, one is horses. Out of control, one is that there must be a fire nearby. Now the murderer of the arsonist has been found, but the man behind the scenes who ordered the groom has not been found. Even if we know it in our hearts, we can’t punish him without evidence.”

"It seems that my grandson died unjustly. This noble concubine never leaves any traces in her actions. Once the groom dies, the other murderer will not be found, alas!"

"Hou Guogong, then my identity..."

"As long as you don't do anything wrong to the country of Yue, I'd be very happy to see you become emperor in the yellow robe. But you have to keep it secret. If someone who cares about this finds out, it's not as simple as abolishing the prince. And Those officials’ criminal evidence is gone. Your Highness can spend more time on that Yiguo ink. I sent someone to the black market to ask the price of the ink. It is indeed not cheap, and the other party used this kind of ink to write a fake test paper. Ink, it can be seen that he is very generous! Find out where these officials get their money, and if they continue to hold on to this matter, I guess they will do anything in a hurry."

"Junior knows."

"Oh, by the way, there is also the marriage between Zhijun and His Highness King Qin, I think it will be arranged in advance."

"Why?"

"Mr. Rui just passed away. The old man is not sad on the surface, but in fact he has sighed a lot behind his back, especially Madam, who cried to death, so I want to take advantage of the marriage between Zhijun and His Highness King Qin to rejoice." .”

"Okay." Mu Yongning replied.Although he was happy on the surface, he somehow felt a sense of loss in his heart.

The author has something to say: small theater (not related to the main drama)

Hou Ruijun: Why am I so unlucky, so many people want to kill me, crying.

Mu Yukun: This is what happened when you dominated my nephew every day for a few days.The relationship between my nephew and I has not been as good as it used to be in the past few days. You see, you sold me to your Hou family all at once!

Hou Ruijun: When you marry my sister, let's see how you and the prince show affection to me.

Mu Yongning: Uncle Emperor~ Come here and let me boo.

Hou Ruijun: Woohoo, you guys are really going too far!

☆, a lot of waste waiting to be done

After Mu Yongning left Hou Guogong's mansion, he went straight to the palace and found Concubine Chen Gui in the imperial garden.

"Mother's queen." Mu Yongning said.The tone is cold, and there is no sadness or joy.