After Su Shi had eaten, he ordered people to clear the table, and Shi Shiran walked out of the room.
He walked along the corridor to the hall. As soon as the servants of the General's Mansion saw him along the way, their expressions immediately became solemn and nervous. After saluting, they hurried away without even daring to say a word to him.
The servants in the mansion could feel that ever since the eldest young master carried the second young master back to the mansion, the atmosphere in the general's mansion had become very solemn and tense today.
Now sitting in the hall of the general's mansion is a princess, a father-in-law who serves His Majesty closely, and a cabinet bachelor.
These people were waiting for the second young master in the hall without any complaints, and they had been waiting for a long time.
The servants who entered the hall to pour ginseng tea for these nobles came out with their backs wet with sweat and all of them with lingering fears.
When Su Shi appeared in front of everyone, a fair-faced and beardless eunuch in his fifties stood up, raised his hand to Su Shi and said, "Our family has met Mr. Su."
Su Shi returned the courtesy and said, "I feel really sorry for keeping Eunuch Hu waiting for so long. I would like to apologize to Eunuch Hu first."
Eunuch Hu said: "Young Master has worked hard for the country, so we should wait. Your Majesty is full of praise and favor for you. If Your Majesty hadn't been busy with state affairs today, you would have already issued an edict to let your son enter the palace."
The two exchanged a few polite words and then went back to their seats.
After Su Shi sat down, he glanced around and finally landed on Qin Nan. He smiled slightly and nodded to her.
Qin Nan and Zhou Jin were sitting together. Seeing Su Shi looking at her, she felt happy. She secretly looked at everyone and saw that everyone was looking at Su Shi without paying attention to her. The child had the same temperament and couldn't help but do what Su Shi did. Made a face.
Su Shi was amused and couldn't help but smile.
When the others saw Su Shi's sudden smile, they were stunned for a moment and couldn't help but follow Su Shi's gaze.
Qin Nan found that everyone's eyes were suddenly focused on him, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. His face turned red, and he immediately sat upright, looking at his nose and heart, not daring to look at the crowd anymore.
Qin Zhidao coughed a few times and drew everyone's attention to him. Then he looked at Su Shi and said slowly, "Is my nephew okay?"
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Qin. I was just mentally exhausted today and I have recovered after a good sleep. But it's my fault that I kept everyone waiting for so long."
Qin Zhidao stroked his beard and sighed: "I have been waiting for ten years, and I don't care about this moment."
At this point, his voice actually trembled a little: "I heard from Her Royal Highness the Princess and General Su that my nephew seems to have investigated the prince's case?"
Su Shi said solemnly: "Yes."
This sentence made everyone in the hall change their expressions. Although it was the second time for Zhou Jin and Su Zhou to hear Su Shi's affirmative answer, they were still shocked.
Su Shi added, "But I still want to confirm a few things."
"What's going on?" Zhou Jin couldn't help but ask.
Su Shi looked at Qin Zhidao and asked, "I wonder how much Master Qin knows about the Daqian army's destruction of Nanjing sixty-five years ago?"
Everyone was slightly startled when they saw Su Shi suddenly asking about such a long-standing matter, but they also knew that Su Shi was definitely not on a whim. This matter must be related to the prince's case, so everyone looked at Qin Zhi again. road.
Qin Zhidao kept stroking his beard and said with a wry smile: "I don't know much about the destruction of Nanjing. I only know that the people of Nanjing were in dire straits under the rule of King Pei at that time, and they were rebellious towards Da Qian, so Da Qian Then we revolted and saved the people of Nanjing from the fire and water."
Su Shi did not comment on this statement. History is written by the victors. Since Nanjing was destroyed, it naturally had no right to speak.
"The royal family of Nanjing was slaughtered by General Qi Zheng. Does Mr. Qin know about this?"
Qin Zhidao hesitated and said: "I heard something, but what are the details? It's too long ago to be tested." Even though he looked at Su Shi doubtfully, he asked, "Why is my nephew so interested in this matter?"
Su Shichang sighed: "Sixty-five years ago, Daqian destroyed Nanjing and slaughtered all the Pei family of Nanjing's royal family. Fifty-five years later, the Pei family's remaining orphans and Pei Xun planned to murder Daqian in order to avenge the country's destruction and annihilation of their clan. Fuck the prince."
Then Su Shi spoke eloquently, describing the layout that Pei Xuan had planned for thirteen years.
Pei Xuan first approached Zhou Yi, who was still a prince at that time, as a red-robed Taoist priest, and then threatened Zhou Xuan and others with his fate and hexagrams. Later, he approached Zhong Lichuan as a doctor, and finally killed Qi Yu and Tan Zhuo to prove the hexagrams. Let the prince fall into the urn without knowing it.
But there were some things that Su Shi did not say. For example, Pei Xuan killed twelve people who could change the fate of Daqian. Because this matter could not be confirmed yet, Su Shi did not say it to avoid causing unnecessary worries.
Pei Xun's prediction that Zhou Xuan would ascend to Dabao and that Daqian would prosper and decline in half a year was also hidden in his heart. After all, it was too fantasy.
As for what Pei Xuan said to him before he died, Su Shi never thought of saying it.
After Su Shi finished speaking, no one spoke because everyone was in extreme shock.
They never imagined that a person's mind could be so deep that he would not hesitate to spend thirteen years planning and killing a person.
Everyone suddenly had a very ridiculous feeling - no one dared to say this feeling. If a person spent such a long time planning to murder Zhou Xuan, it seemed that Zhou Xuan had no other choice but to die.
After hearing this, Zhou Jin's eyes were full of pain and remorse, because she had seen the talisman accidentally before, and even played with it out of curiosity, but she really didn't expect that the talisman actually belonged to the prince's brother. Reminder.
Su Shi looked at Eunuch Hu and asked: "Eunuch Hu has served your Majesty for many years, so he must be more concerned about the prince. With Zhong Lichuan's cautious character, even if he knew that the prescription could cure insomnia, he would not dare to secretly If the prince is allowed to take it, he will definitely submit it to the Imperial Hospital for examination. Eunuch Hu should know about this, right?"
Hu Cunyi smiled bitterly and said: "Our family knows about Zhongli Chuan's prescription. After the prescription was tested by Taiyuan Hospital, they unanimously agreed that there is no problem and it is indeed effective in treating insomnia."
Finally, he said angrily: "Who would have known that this prescription contained evil intentions."
After a long time, Zhou Jin asked with a painful face: "Then why did Pei Xun target the prince's brother?"
Su Shi sighed: "The reason why Pei Xuan chose the prince may have something to do with your majesty."
Eunuch Hu's expression changed and he scolded: "Master Su, please be careful what you say."
Su Shi said: "I don't mean any disrespect to His Majesty by this. I just said that the person Pei Xun was most accessible to at that time was Your Majesty, so he chose to attack the prince."
This reason makes sense. At the same time, everyone suddenly had a very strange feeling, that is, the death of the prince was simply the will of God and the fate of people.
