Zheng Shangming stepped away.
There is one sentence he has not said in his heart - but even if you, Jiang Wang, create legends now, they are only at the level of the inner palace.
After the outer building is Shenlin, after Shenlin is Dongzhen, and after Dongzhen is Yandao. The world is so vast! The great power is too great! Are there some things you can really change?
Zheng Shangming, who once resolutely refused to rely on his father's halo, joined the army incognito, and stubbornly fought alone, in Wen Lianmu's game, in front of the Marshal's Mansion, all his pride was smashed by Wang Yiwu's fist.
After that, he decided to join the Qingpai system and adapted to Beiya as quickly as possible.
He and Jiang Wang had different choices today, but he didn't make the choice just today.
Whether this is growth and transformation, or compromise and decline, it is difficult to say clearly.
Everyone lives in his own moral system.
All the struggles, beliefs, excuses...all my life are just to justify myself after making a choice.
Sometimes people change just overnight.
But there are always people who never want to change.
maybe?
Buddhism says that when flowers bloom and fall, a world comes and goes.
Who can be sure that he is not the one in the flower?
Jiang Wang sat quietly in front of the stone table in the courtyard, raised another finger, and watched the flame flowers bloom and fade in the cold wind, appreciating the mystery of Taoism.
Perhaps today was not a suitable time for practice. Not long after, Butler Xie came to report again that there were guests at the door.
A name card, beautifully made.
Visitor, Yang Jing from Biwu County.
Jiang Wang shook off the fireworks and frowned slightly.
Zheng Shangming's visit was expected, but Yang Jing was unexpected.
Unexpected things always lead to a lack of sense of security.
Despite this, he got up and walked out to greet the guests himself.
In any case, it was really abrupt when he showed up uninvited last time. It was the other party who gave him face and didn't argue with him. It makes no sense that when the other party comes to visit in the blink of an eye, he starts to make excuses.
He still can't put on that kind of show.
He, Lord Jiang, is usually only among good friends. It is also possible to occasionally get angry at Xuan Sheng and Xu Xiangqian, who are harmful friends.
Yang Jing wore black clothes today and looked solemn. He didn't bring his entourage, so he stood outside the door alone. The bow and sword were put away, but the energy in his body was still undiminished.
Jiang Wang took a few steps to welcome him out: "I don't know if the distinguished guest is here, but Jiang is not far away to welcome him!"
"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Yang Jing looked at him and said, "How do you like talking inside?"
Jiang Wang immediately turned sideways: "Come to my courtyard!"
Fortunately, Chongxuan Sheng is not here today, otherwise he might come to stir things up. The fact that his shadow guard was beaten in Biwu County made him very unhappy.
The two walked into the courtyard one step at a time.
Yang Jing said directly without saying a word of greeting: "Gongsun Yu is dead."
Jiang Wang was suddenly startled: "How did you die?"
"I don't know." Yang Jing said, "That's why I came to Zi."
Linzi is so big!
There are so many dignitaries!
Yang Jing's plain words conveyed the feeling of a lonely man with thousands of troops marching alone.
It seems that he and Gongsun Yu are really very good friends.
Jiang Wang said seriously: "It has absolutely nothing to do with me. I promise that I had no knowledge of his death."
Yang Jing said: "Otherwise I wouldn't come to your house alone."
It seems that he has already checked it in private...
Jiang Wang thought for a while and then asked, "When did you die?"
Yang Jingdao: "After you left, I went to stay with him for a while. He was in good condition at that time and was still reading. When I arranged a new hermitage the next morning and went to pick him up, there was no one there. . There were no external injuries. Tongtian Palace and the Five Palaces were completely shattered and he died."
"What did your brother say?" Jiang Wang asked.
Yang Luo, the governor of Biwu County, is undoubtedly a figure with great political weight. If we can take advantage of it...
Yang Jing said quietly: "Gongsun Yu is my friend, not my brother's friend."
"I made a mistake." Jiang Wang admitted his mistake.
But in fact, the murderer of Gongsun Yu's death is not difficult to guess.
The people who would kill Gongsun Yu at this time were just a few groups of people - those who wanted to find out the truth, and those who wanted to cover up the truth.
Since Jiang Wang didn't do anything himself. Then only the people on Lin Youxie's side, the people on Zheng Shangming's side, and the real culprit of Concubine Lei's assassination were left.
"I asked someone to investigate. The case you are supervising recently is the death case of Feng Guzhi, the eunuch in charge of the Changsheng Palace." Yang Jing asked directly: "I want to ask you, what does this case have to do with Gongsun Yu?" Does it matter? Why did you go to Biwu County so hard to find him?"
Without knowing the specific facts of the case, his questions went straight to the point. Because the murderer probably came to Biwu County for the same reason as Jiang Wang.
"Gongsun Yu was a confidant of His Royal Highness Eleven and a frequent visitor to the Changsheng Palace. I went to Biwu County specifically to ask him some questions about the Changsheng Palace." Jiang Wang said seriously: "I don't know the specific details of the case. It’s convenient for me to tell you. But if you can help provide some clues, maybe I can find the real culprit faster.”
Yang Jing was noncommittal and asked: "With your current status, power and responsibilities, why did you go to Biwu County to investigate the case secretly? This case is probably not as simple as Feng Guzhi's death. Who are you against? ? Is there anyone secretly watching you? Is it possible that the murderer was Gongsun Yu who tracked you and found him? "
Jiang Wang was glad that Chong Xuan Sheng was not here at first, but now he wished that the fat man was here.
Yang Jingzhen is not a simple character!
Many people rumored that he was just a fledgling under the wings of his brother Yang Luo, but after Jiang Wang had personal contact with him, he discovered that this man was clearly well-founded, courageous and resourceful.
He can not only take care of his friendship with Gongsun Yu, but also try to put aside his responsibilities so as not to affect his brother who is the county guard. He can also get close to the core of the problem with keen eyes...
Speaking of which, he intentionally left his brother alone. Did he also smell the danger in this matter?
After thinking carefully for a while, Jiang Wangcai said: "I really can't tell the details of the case. This is Qingpai's rule. As for the possibility you mentioned... I really can't rule it out. Brother Yang, please don't worry. Gongsun Yu's death, I will definitely give you an explanation."
"Gongsun Yu was my friend and died in my manor." Yang Jing said quietly: "I came to Zi to give myself an explanation."
"Then you should cooperate with me." Jiang Wang said sincerely: "The murderer killed Gongsun Yu probably because he knew something. I am responsible for supervising the handling of the Changsheng Palace case throughout the process. There are people everywhere. Chong Xuan Sheng lives in my house, Shimen Li and I are close friends, Yan Fu is my best friend, Zheng Shangming and I have a deep friendship... No matter who the murderer is or what forces are involved, I will definitely get to the bottom of it and find out the truth.”
Jiang Wang kept pulling at the tiger's skin here, and he didn't know which words touched Yang Jing.
After being silent for a while, he finally said: "But Gongsun Yu didn't tell me anything."
"Just say what you know." Jiang Wang said quickly.
"Where do you want to start?"
Jiang Wang thought for a while and asked, "When was his tongue broken?"
"On New Year's Eve last year, Gongsun Yu came to see me..." Yang Jing said slowly: "At that time, his tongue had been severed."
The New Year's Eve of the year 3918 in the Dao calendar was the period of war between Zhuang and Yong...
I have worked hard and walked all the way without stopping, and today I suddenly realized that so many things have happened this year.
Of course Jiang Wang could never forget that rainy night, never. But obviously, on that New Year's Eve, the story that changed Gongsun Yu's life had already happened.
What happened in the Changsheng Palace on New Year's Eve in the year 3918 of the Dao calendar?
"How did it break?" Jiang Wang asked.
"That's what I asked him at the time..."
Yang Jing looked at the texture of the stone table and fell into memories: "It was snowing that night, very heavy snow. I drank too much and went back to my room alone, and he was waiting for me in my yard. I was very happy, what could be better than What makes you happier when your friend comes to see you on a snowy night? I asked him if he wanted to drink. I said that I hunted a very fat deer. I said that a famous guy came to the city a few days ago. He has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. You are here just in time. I scolded him so much...but he just opened his mouth and showed me his severed tongue."
"What happened? I asked him what happened. He didn't respond at all."
"I was very anxious and angry. I said I wanted to kill people, and I had to kill a few people. My heart was burning like a fire!"
"The yard was covered with snow. He squatted down and wrote a line of words on the snow - I have been sensitive to my tongue all my life, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to stop speaking, so I cut off my tongue to clarify my intention, and I will never speak again in this life."
"That line was quickly covered in snow, and he literally never communicated with me again."
Yang Jing said with a hint of sadness: "I asked him many times, but he just looked at me every time. I don't know what happened to him, and I think he didn't want me to know."
In other words... Gongsun Yu's tongue was cut off by himself, and the reason was "precepts".
Why should he quit?
Did he know something that he shouldn't know, and that was the reason for him to leave the Palace of Eternal Life? Could it be related to the truth behind the assassination of Concubine Lei?
"Did he have any contact with Changsheng Palace later?" Jiang Wang asked.
"As far as I know, no." Yang Jing said, "He has never left the manor."
Jiang Wang said seriously: "I think Gongsun Yu didn't tell you anything. Maybe it was just to protect you."
"Maybe. But protecting him is what I want to do most as a friend." After Yang Jing said this, he stood up and said: "Since it is inconvenient for you to tell me anything, then let's just say goodbye."
Jiang Wang asked subconsciously: "Where are you going?"
"I have told you everything I know." Yang Jing looked at him: "Next, I will find the answer in my own way."
You will die.
This thought almost immediately appeared in Jiang Wang's mind.
He said very seriously: "We, Qingpai, will naturally be responsible for handling the case. The information you have and the information we have are not at the same level at all. Joining hastily will not help. Why don't you go back to Biwu County and wait for news? , I will notify you as soon as there are results."
The real culprit of Concubine Lei's assassination, even if he does not belong to the current queen, must be a force at the same level as the current queen.
It's a good thing that Yang Jing couldn't trace Gongsun Yu's murderer. If he really found it... I'm afraid the end would be ugly.
Apart from anything else, Jiang Wang was unwilling to watch Yang Jing die just because of his loyalty to his friends.
"It seems that I guessed it right. The murderer belongs to a very powerful force, and I, the Yang family, cannot afford to offend him." Yang Jing twitched the corner of his mouth, mockingly: "That's right, otherwise, how could you dare to kill my friend so casually? "
"Please believe me." After all, Jiang Wang couldn't say much, so he could only emphasize: "I will not give up on this case, and I have already touched the truth."
"I know you are very trustworthy. But I'm sorry, I can't pin my friend's death on a stranger."
Yang Jing turned around and left without any hesitation.
It came suddenly and left decisively.
This is a smart and sober man.
He came to Zi alone, so he might have been prepared for it.
In the courtyard where the cold wind fell, Jiang Wang was once again the only one left.
He sat alone on a stone chair, silently thinking about the case.
This case cannot be delayed any longer.
But where is the key evidence?
Will Lin Youxie gain anything there?
Jiang Wuqi, Feng Gu, Gongsun Yu... died one after another.
If Yang Jing ran into the forces behind the scenes, it would be very dangerous.
Who's next? Is Lin Youxie absolutely safe?
What about yourself?
That important case seventeen years ago is like an infinitely deep dark whirlpool, which is constantly expanding and trying to involve more and more people...
From all aspects, a result needs to be produced as soon as possible.
Either tear open the curtain that covers it, let the sunlight shine in, and illuminate every corner.
Or, bury it completely and never mention it again.
Obviously, Gongsun Yu chose the latter.
wrong……
Thinking of Gongsun Yu at this moment, Jiang Wang vaguely felt as if he had touched something.
He seemed to have overlooked something very important.
what is it then?
Jiang Wang frowned, stood up and walked back and forth in the courtyard.
What exactly was overlooked?
The cold wind blew noisily, so he simply walked into the room and closed the door. Isolated all sounds, allowing myself to think quietly.
What was overlooked?
He was walking around the bedroom alone, when he suddenly paused and saw a picture hanging on the wall——
It was the last calligraphy written by Jiang Wuqi before he was alive, which he specially asked a craftsman to frame.
"Heaven will not abandon Da Qi, but give birth to me Jiang Wuqi!"
A flash of light exploded in Jiang Wang's mind.
That's right...Jiang Wuqi!
He figured out what the problem he had been ignoring was!
Since Feng Gu used his death to launch an investigation into the major case that year, and clearly left clues pointing to the Queen of Daqi.
And now it seems that Gongsun Yu also knows something.
In other words, both Feng Gu and Gongsun Yu had some information about the truth about the assassination of Concubine Lei.
So as the master of the Immortality Palace, would Jiang Wuqi be completely unaware?
Is it possible for such an outstanding person to be completely kept in the dark by his subordinates?
This is unreasonable!
But since Jiang Wuqi also knew the truth, why didn't he handle the matter himself?
With his wisdom, identity, and influence, no matter what he does, he will be more useful than Feng Gu.
But he never mentioned it until his death.
Why? !
