manynovel Chapter 661 You Don't Know Their Plan 1
Chapter 661 You Don't Know Their Plan 1
Jiang Youzhen immediately looked at him with pity, and then stopped the jailer from adding bricks.
"So this is how they lied to you!" Jiang Youzhen shook his head with a half-smile on his face.
Wei Zheng was stunned, "What do you mean?"
The fourth prince finally spoke, and he sneered, "General Sima was not killed by the late emperor. The late emperor did try to recruit him, but he didn't want to, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He was originally going to guard the border, but Emperor Ru Ming was afraid that if he left, his throne would be unstable, so he kept him in the capital."
He sighed as he spoke, "However, at that time, Emperor Ruming believed the slander and suspected that your uncle, who held a large number of troops, was planning a rebellion, so he plotted to kill your uncle, and he also took back half of the tiger talisman in your uncle's hand and gave it to the then uncle-in-law, Duke Chen."
Wei Zheng's eyes widened when he heard this, "Impossible! This is impossible!"
"Think about it carefully. You are not completely unaware of the subsequent history, right? You should have known about it. At that time, the Duke of Chen, the uncle of the emperor, held the military power, but he actually rebelled.
At that time, the emperor saw that the country was about to change hands, so he led his old subordinates to attack the city. Unfortunately, it was too late, and Emperor Ru Ming had already been killed by the treacherous minister Chen Guogong. "
Jiang Youzhen's mind was moved. The tiger talisman in the hands of the current emperor should have been taken from Duke Chen, right? Where is the other half?
This history was written by the victors, so outsiders certainly don't know the details. Even if someone knows, they can't tell it.
The Fourth Prince claimed that the late emperor had no choice but to lead his troops into the palace to commit treason, but we will not discuss the truth of this here.
"Sir Jiang, there is an official from the Hanlin Academy looking for you outside." Suddenly a guard came in to report.
Jiang Youzhen was a little confused, "Who is it?"
"It is said that it is your colleague, Lord Luminglu!"
Lu Ming? What did he want to talk to me about? Jiang Youzhen left the cell puzzled and saw Lu Ming standing outside the cell.
"Lord Lu? What do you want to see me about?"
The fact that you can find this place means that most people already know about this.
"Master Jiang, your servant asked someone to come in outside the Hanlin Academy to report that there is an important letter for you. They can't come in, and I happened to be free, so I brought it to you."
As Lu Ming spoke, he handed over the sealed letters. Jiang Youzhen then remembered that he had ordered Qing Lang and the others to keep an eye on Huang Mintao's house. Could there be something unusual?
Qing Lang and the others really couldn’t get in, but why was it Lu Ming, not Mu Yuan, who sent them here?
Seeing Jiang Youzhen's puzzled look, Lu Ming smiled a little flatteringly.
"Mu Daizhao was injured, and the imperial physician has been invited to treat him. As he was frightened again, Lord Qian allowed him to go home and recuperate for two days."
Seeing Lu Ming's flattering expression, Jiang Youzhen suddenly understood. This man was really good at scheming. He thought he had won the emperor's favor, so he rushed to make friends with him.
Jiang Youzhen thanked him, and Luming left tactfully. After reading the letter, Jiang Youzhen frowned immediately.
Just as he was about to walk quickly into the cell, he saw a guard running towards him.
"Master Jiang!"
"Lord Jiang, something bad has happened!" The guard came running over quickly, panting.
Jiang Youzhen recognized him as the guard she had sent to the Huang family mansion, and immediately asked, "What happened?"
"Master Jiang, that child...that child is missing."
Jiang Youzhen was not surprised, but turned around and went into the cell.
At this time, the Fourth Prince was helpless against Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng did not believe that his uncle was framed by Emperor Ru Ming and refused to reveal anything.
Seeing Jiang Youzhen coming in, the Fourth Prince and Zhu Zhimin both breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, they all felt that as long as Jiang Youzhen was there, they would always find a way.
"Wei Zheng, do you know where the boy from Huang Mintao's house has gone?" Jiang Youzhen asked coldly.
Wei Zheng was stunned, "Huang Mintao's child? I don't know!"
"They captured Huang Mintao's child and brought another child to impersonate him. Don't you know the identity of that child?" Jiang Youzhen asked.
Wei Zheng shook his head, "I don't know, but if you want to threaten Huang Mintao, it shouldn't be hard to understand that you have to capture his young children, right?"
"It seems that you know nothing about their plan! Do you think they trust you? But they are just using you!"
Jiang Youzhen felt that this man was just as confused as Huang Mintao. "Think carefully, who got the tiger talisman in the end? I remember that the late emperor did not issue an order to exterminate your Sima family, right?"
"And when your uncle was ambushed, the late emperor had not yet led his troops to attack the palace. And at that critical moment, Emperor Ru Ming actually kept your aunt and your cousin in the palace, saying they were talking, but they were actually hostages. Didn't your father tell you?"
Jiang Youzhen described the situation in such detail that even the Fourth Prince was shocked.
How could Jiang Youzhen know so much about what happened back then? These things are not recorded in history books at all, otherwise how could he not know?
"Why do you know so much? I have read the history books and there is no record of it at all. You are lying to me." Wei Zheng still didn't believe it.
Jiang Youzhen laughed out loud, "You are so stupid. Of course I inferred it."
"According to historical records, it was the birthday of Concubine Rong, and your aunt and cousin went to the palace to celebrate. The palace never let anyone stay overnight, but after the accident in your Sima family, when they counted the bodies, they found that two were missing. And those two bodies happened to be your aunt and cousin."
"Not long after, two unrecognizable bodies were found in the well in the backyard of the original Rongcui Palace. One was large and the other was small. Doesn't this make sense?"
Wei Zheng's face changed drastically, and he suddenly felt that he had made a fool of himself. It turned out that everything they said to him was a lie, and he had been deceived.
"According to the time calculation, all of this can be consistent. Because the time when the late emperor rushed into the palace was late at night. Why did Emperor Ru Ming keep my aunt, a woman from outside the court, so late at night?
It was nothing more than using the birthday of Concubine Rong to imprison your aunt and your Sima family's direct bloodline to threaten your uncle. Of course, it has been many years now, and the details are hard to verify, but the general idea is correct."
Jiang Youzhen had read a lot of history books and unofficial histories before.
At that time, she was very curious about the incident of the previous emperor besieging the palace. She collected a lot of documents and finally came to the conclusion that General Sima was a loyal and brave man, but in the end he died at the hands of the foolish and incompetent Emperor Ru Ming.
At that time, when he was in need of talents, Emperor Ruming actually took action against the loyal General Sima. Wasn't this cutting off his own retreat? The death of General Sima accelerated the fall of Dasheng.
Wei Zheng's body suddenly went limp. He felt hopeless and his eyes were dull, as if all his energy had been drained out of him in an instant, leaving him completely lifeless.
"Now you finally know who is helping the tyrant, right? And your father was also kept in the dark back then."
The Fourth Prince sighed deeply that the once-famous Sima family did not die in battle, but died at the hands of a tyrant and treacherous ministers.
"Then what's my persistence?" Wei Zheng laughed at himself, and then he thought of something.