Yinzhen looked at Yinreng in silence for a long time.

He understood that his second brother's question just now had already made his attitude clear, and his second brother did not want to tell him the truth.

But he was unwilling to give up.

There is still no news about the third brother, and it is very likely that he was murdered. He just wants an answer now to avoid blaming the wrong person in the future.

"Second brother should know what I'm asking..."

Yinzhen raised his eyes and looked at Yinreng steadily, his eyes full of determination.

Seeing that he was determined not to give up until he achieved his goal, Yinreng felt a headache.

"Fourth Brother, knowing too much about some things may not necessarily be a good thing. Second Brother is not telling you for your own good!"

"I don't need it!"

Yinzhen frowned and retorted in a tough tone.

As soon as he said this, he himself felt a little surprised, but he quickly suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and turned his face away from Yinreng's sight.

"Second brother, this concerns Third brother's life. I can't be a fool who lets others manipulate me. In the end, I won't even know who to blame..."

When Yinreng heard this, his breathing stopped for a moment - Yinzhen used the word "resentment".

It seems that he also noticed something.

Yinreng sighed deeply in his heart.

"Are you sure you want to know the truth?"

Yinzhen clenched his fists, his heart pounding, and said with difficulty,

"Sure."

"Before the Emperor sent us out to investigate the administration, I saw Longkodo in a teahouse by the river."

"Longkodo?"

Yinzhen didn't understand why.

"Third brother's disappearance is related to him?"

Yinreng did not answer him directly, but asked,

"Do you still remember Liu Qingzhou?"

"Remember, the leader of the White Lotus branch."

"Since it's a branch, there must be a headquarters. The headquarters is located in the Jiangnan area. After I delivered my confession to the capital, the Emperor sent Longkodo to Jiangnan to secretly investigate the White Lotus Sect."

"So Third Brother's disappearance is closely related to the White Lotus Sect, right?"

Yinreng nodded, then shook his head.

"Don't you think it's too deliberate for him to hold a literary gathering in Suqian and send all of us there?"

Yinzhen quickly understood the meaning of Yinreng's words. His heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately denied it.

"That's impossible!"

Yinreng curled his lips sarcastically, he knew this would be the result.

He probably didn't want to say it, but this brat forced him to say it, and he wouldn't believe it even if he really said it.

Even though the old man has done this much, Yinzhen and the others will still trust him unconditionally.

There was dead silence in the study.

Yinreng did not disturb him and let him think on his own.

After a long while, Yinzhen spoke.

"So, you've already anticipated that one of us might be assassinated?"

Yinreng shook his head.

"I only realized all this after I received the news that Yinzhi was missing."

Yinzhen held his head with trembling hands.

He would rather believe that his third brother really encountered bandits while on duty, but he could not accept that his third brother's disappearance was a complete conspiracy.

All of this was designed by the Emperor himself.

…

A few days later, Longkodo appeared openly in the Suqian Palace.

Compared with the day when Yinreng ran into him, Longkodo had obviously shaved his beard and hair again, and his clothes and appearance became gorgeous again, returning to his original high-spirited appearance.

After Yinzhen met Longkodo once in Kangxi's bedroom, his expectations of Kangxi as a father were completely shattered.

People also became more and more silent.

Although the White Lotus case was solved, a son was lost, and Kangxi was in a bad mood. He reprimanded and demoted many officials in Jiangnan. Cao Yin and Li Xu were not demoted, but they were also scolded by Kangxi.

They were blind and stupid, but the White Lotus Sect grew in size right under their noses and they didn't even notice it.

It was as if as long as he shifted all the blame, he could cover up the fact that he had betrayed his own son.

Under such high pressure, all the people who followed Kangxi to garrison in Suqian were on high alert and did not dare to overstep the line.

Liang Jiugong was at the center of the storm, as if he was soaked in bitter water. Even the smiles he forced out were bitter.

In early May, Kangxi finally could not resist the urging of the capital and planned to return to Beijing.

As for the literary gathering, he handed it over to the newly appointed Governor of Jiangnan.

Privately, he had given up any hope of finding Yinzhi.

In fact, it was not just him. Yinreng also felt that the possibility of Yinzhi surviving was very slim.

Just at this time, news came from upstream of Yingchuan that Yinzhi had been found!

When the news came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the happiest person was Kangxi.

He ignored the obstruction and planned to go to meet Yinzhi in person.

Since the people around him couldn't persuade him, they just let him act recklessly.

Three days later, the two sides met in Huaiyuan. Yinreng fell silent when he saw Yinzhi, who had become so thin that he looked unrecognizable.

After the army found Yinzhi, they should have made him new clothes that fit him, but even so, his sleeves were empty and he looked very thin.

When he saw Kangxi, he excitedly stepped forward to salute him, but his steps were unsteady, as if he would fall to the ground in the next second.

Although Kangxi had been prepared for this, his heart still sank when he saw Yinzhi's appearance, and the guilt in his heart surged out like a river.

“It’s good to be alive… It’s good to be alive!”

Yinzhi forced a pale smile and tried to speak, but he was so weak that he needed help to stand.

Kangxi was extremely worried and summoned the imperial physician to diagnose Yinzhi.

The diagnosis was that Yinzhi suffered from deficiency of both Qi and blood due to excessive blood loss, coupled with prolonged coma and difficulty eating, which led to his current frail state.

After hearing this, the people around him finally understood why they hadn't found him for so long. It turned out that he was seriously injured and unconscious.

Because the accompanying imperial physician said, "The third prince needs to rest," Kangxi drove everyone away, took Yinzhi back to his boat, and took care of him personally.

If Yinreng didn't know the inside story of this drama of fatherly love and filial piety, he felt that he would be deeply moved after watching it, but there is no if.

Not only him, but Yinzhen also had a blank expression.

On the other hand, Yinqi and Yinyou had tears in their eyes, which made people laugh and speechless.

But no matter what, it's a good thing to be alive.

After everyone had left, Yinreng called Yinzhen to his side and warned him in a low voice,

"The old man is feeling extremely guilty right now. He can't stand the fact that we don't care about the Third Brother. I don't care what you think in your heart, but you have to put on a good front."

I don’t know what’s wrong with Kangxi. He is so partial to his sons that he likes to see them being “brotherly and respectful” to each other.

There's a bubble in my brain!

Yinzhen pursed his lips and nodded reluctantly.

"knew."

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