Chapter 66: The second person is too much, otherwise it will be a superfluous act. ...

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Neither mother nor daughter had any force.

But Jiang Rong's sword is different from Jiang Hui's sword.

The latter's sword is extremely valuable, with the sharp texture of sacred mountains, but it is light and thin, and is mainly used for swiftness and killing. Different styles can be seen depending on the angle of the light on the blade.

Sparkling with splendor.

But Jiang Rong was so graceful and calm that his sword had a kingly air, a bit like the sea.

It is calm, yet heavy and ready to cause a tsunami at any time, overturning mortals.

But how could Xu Junrong, who had no martial arts training, contend with such a person and such a sword?

She blinked, almost thinking that she would be beheaded on the spot.

but.

The sword rested on the edge of the table.

He let go of his hand.

"If I say that Yan Que sent me a secret letter in advance, asking me to rush over and rescue you, would you believe it?"

He did not use the dignified title "This King" but "I". Xu Junrong was shocked but half-believing and half-doubting.

Jiang Rong came prepared and took out the letter from his clothes and handed it to her.

This letter could explain why he was able to arrive there that year. After all, the Yan family had a premonition and fled with a secret. No matter how inaccurate the plan was, it would not have been known to too many people.

So the moment Prince Yan arrived, the moment Xu Junrong and her daughter were about to be killed, in the short time it took for her to see him, her emotions went from joy to panic, and even deep suspicion and fear, all of which were unspeakable.

She opened the letter and read it for a while. Her expression changed from heavy to sudden realization, and finally to tears in her eyes.

Jiang Rong watched and could feel the depth of her feelings for Yan Que. In fact, when he first received the letter, he was furious. He was angry that he did not tell her in advance and dragged her into such a dangerous situation. He was even more angry that he had already seen that she liked Xu Junrong.

What makes me most angry is that I am neither cold-blooded and selfish enough, nor honest and kind enough.

Swinging back and forth between the two painful ends.

Just like just now, he could have taken advantage of the opportunity, but he still gave up.

"You two, a young couple, have a deep bond. This is a fact that I cannot deny no matter how selfish I am."

"But I rushed there in such a hurry, and no matter how angry I was with him, I never thought that he would die on the spot, causing the deaths of the famous doctors of the Yan family whom I admired, as well as innocent people."

"Do you know the source of the disaster mentioned in the letter?"

There wasn't much in the letter.

——Brother Rong, I know that I am in danger. My whole family may be in danger. I am on my way now, accompanied by my wife and daughter. The root cause is that Your Majesty had a relationship with a mysterious woman and had a child with her when you were competing for power. On the day of the child's birth, my grandfather was among the doctors appointed by Your Majesty. Because of the child's embarrassing status, it is impossible for you to pay such meticulous attention to him. However, Your Majesty seemed to cherish him very much. Not only did he set up many secrets, he also built a mysterious underground palace to imprison the mother and child, and eliminated some people who knew about it. This was top secret. My grandfather sensed the hidden danger at the time and took the hidden pill to make his old illness relapse. "Your Majesty still respected him at the time and only ordered him not to reveal the secret. After releasing him, he didn't know that the little prince would later die suddenly, and his mother would also be burned to death in the underground palace. It was a tragic event. Your Majesty was furious and wanted to investigate the case thoroughly. My grandfather had been thoroughly investigated. At that time, my grandfather had damaged his own foundation to avoid disaster, but he did become ill. After enduring the thorough investigation, he passed away, leaving the secret to my father. I was still young at the time and didn't know the reason. When I returned to Chang'an with my wife and daughter in recent years, my father learned that Wei Tingzhong was reopening the unsolved case that year. He was deeply afraid of the crisis, so he told me the secret and asked me to make plans early. But I didn't understand at the time. My grandfather was just a coincidence and not the culprit. Why was he so frightened? When I asked, my father said that the woman was a servant of Empress Xie."

——She was probably a spy planted by His Majesty to be by Empress Xie’s side.

"After the incident, she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Your Majesty is not young anymore, and having a child in old age, and the youngest son since you ascended the throne, you love him dearly and have every intention of making him the Crown Prince."

——And our Yan family received great favors from Empress Xie in the early years—back then, the deposed emperor and Empress Xie were still just the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. When the palace was in turmoil, someone from our Yan family was implicated. That tyrant emperor executed all nine clans, but it was the Crown Princess who secretly intervened and saved our entire Yan family. Grandfather later found out about this great favor and has always remembered it. However, under the circumstances at the time, he couldn't reveal the true story. After all, Your Majesty is extremely suspicious. If he knew our Yan family was involved, he would only think that we were seeking revenge for Empress Xie and secretly harming the young prince and his mother."

——Even if there is no evidence, Your Majesty will definitely destroy my Xie family.

——So my grandfather could only avoid it and keep the secret.

——Until now, there is no way to avoid it. As a son of the Yan family, I am just repaying the queen Xie for her kindness that has benefited my descendants. I have no regrets even if I die. But the innocent people, truly innocent, should not be implicated, such as those who married female relatives into my family, and... my wife and daughter.

——I know your heart and am willing to entrust everything to her, as long as she is willing.

——From now on, all matters of life and death are clear. Please give me a stick of incense on Qingming Festival.

The source of the problem still lies with the Yan family itself. Yan Que admitted it. After all, it involved the Xie family of the previous dynasty, which was a contradiction between establishing a country and killing people.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is also a rebellion.

This was unspeakable to Jiang Rong.

He could later understand Yan Que's wavering and contradiction, but the result was too tragic. Because of this, he was even unable to release Xu Junrong - just what Yan Que admitted was enough to make His Majesty angry.

Back then, they were still young, but that was the era when Your Majesty was competing with the deposed emperor and Empress Xie for power over the world.

Who can tell the conspiracy and tricks?

It's just the winner's judgment.

Jiang Rong never asked her because he was not sure whether she knew about it, but no matter whether she knew or not.

None of the Yan family’s cases can be brought to light.

Xu Junrong could also understand his concerns, as well as the Yan family's helplessness and injustice.

She even thought: In fact, it is not good to involve Jiang Rong. After all, if the little prince was the crown prince that His Majesty had already decided on, then he and the Empress Yuan, who was still ill at the time, would be the biggest suspects.

At that time, everyone in the world believed that the position of crown prince should belong to Jiang Rong, and his power was also huge.

Then he rushed to save the Yan family.

If Your Majesty finds out, it would be like... trying to cover up the truth.

No, it has been exposed. At least now His Majesty must believe that Jiang Rong is involved in this. Maybe he colluded with the grandfather of the Yan family to murder the little prince and his mother.

Xu Junrong really didn't expect the inside story to be like this.

"So, this isn't a case at all, it's a massacre."

"Then, was it His Majesty who did it?"

Look at her, her personality is still pure and strong, and she asked him such a sensitive question without thinking.

Jiang Rong was helpless, but not angry. Instead, he said, "You are not as discreet and thoughtful as your daughter, and you are not as respectful as her. But it is good that you are like this. At least you are not too shy about me."

Xu Junrong was stunned, then pouted. This guy thinks too much. Can this be deduced?

She just...really...asked instinctively.

I didn't think much about it.

You may intuitively feel that the other person will not hurt you.

"Of course I'm not as smart as my daughter, but she's become this way through a lot of hard work. I hope she doesn't end up like this."

"Cut it again. I trust A Que's judgment of people."

Jiang Rong: ".....Then this king thanks you."

His tone was deep, his eyes were filled with turmoil, but he didn't grit his teeth, only felt frustrated and helpless because he had all his powerful methods but nowhere to use them.

Xu Junrong didn't want to talk about this with him. After all, they had just experienced an ambiguous situation, and she almost thought that she was going to offer herself to him.

Now it seems...

Jiang Rong also answered her.

"Not your majesty."

Xu Junrong was surprised.

Jiang Rong: "I'm not trying to exonerate my father. If he had sent someone, they wouldn't have needed to kill everyone else and leave anyone alive. You think you can survive to the end? Did they not notice you?"

Xu Junrong frowned: "......"

She was really not good at this. She felt that these conspiracies were too complicated and she was still thinking about the people behind them...

Jiang Rong couldn't bear to see her getting so upset over these things, so he whispered, "Think about keeping you alive so you can testify against me."

“Is it reasonable?”

What!

Xu Junrong immediately thought of his recent experience.

"King Qi?"

Jiang Hui sneered, "Back then, he didn't have the patience to think like he does now. As for whether it was his mother or one of her relatives—there's no evidence, so no one can say for sure."

"I can only say that His Majesty suspects everyone, including me, Prince Qi, and even other princes."

When he said this, he frowned slightly, vaguely recalling the scene when his family had not yet become the royal family of the world.

Although there are gaps between them, it is not to this extent.

"In fact, when he was very young, he was so fat that he couldn't even climb the mountain. I had to carry him on my back, and the other brothers and sisters laughed at him."

"Honestly, it's very heavy."

When Xu Junrong heard him talk about the past in a wooden tone, for some reason, his expression softened.

That supreme position ultimately changed people beyond recognition.

So who will be the supreme ruler in the future?

Is it the person in front of you?

Xu Junrong looked away and sighed, "Your Majesty, what do you want?"

She asked more directly.

Now that Prince Qi is in trouble and even wants to assassinate Jiang Hui, Your Majesty is willing to protect him. Is it time to settle accounts with Prince Yan?

After all, if Prince Yan passed away and Prince Qi lost his arm, how many of His Majesty's sons would be able to support the family?

etc!

Xu Junrong finally became more perceptive and noticed Jiang Rong's sneer. He had just mentioned that "the other brothers and sisters were laughing at him."

"you mean!!"

Jiang Rong walked away and helped her get the cloak.

"White Horse Temple, there are people behind it."

"Your daughter and my son are using us as collaborators to kill. The other party is using us to eliminate King Qi."

"Let Your Majesty kill my party again."

"Your Majesty is certain that he has more than two sons, and it's not that he doesn't have other sons who benefited from it—it's just that they all seemed mediocre before, and now it seems that they were just pretending."

"After all, I still have a younger brother who is clever and cunning and wants to be the jackal."

"I guessed it, and your daughter probably guessed it too."

"That's why she's willing to be under my protection."

"And... His Majesty will not attack me now."

"Don't worry."

Jiang Rong did not overstep his authority to help her put on the cloak, he just handed it to her.

Xu Junrong looked at him, "Your Majesty, have you guessed it too?"

Jiang Rong: "According to the information sent back, your daughter mentioned that when the Zen room was in danger, Zhao Yu may have quietly left the Zen room, sneaked into the darkness outside and fired a crossbow arrow. Then, in the dark, he infiltrated the search team and quietly made the killer disappear."

"She knew very well she couldn't do it."

"Because she later went to the spot where the killer shot the window, lit a candle, and compared it, she found that she couldn't determine the body shape of the person inside, even if it was a man or a woman. And after he left, while he was in the woods, she couldn't be sure if the person standing in the different position inside was the same person as before. After all, people change positions and block the bodies. They move, they don't just sit there and wait."

"So no matter if the people outside want to shoot people or make the golden phosphorus bugs break out of the corpse, no one can do it."

"But that person's attack was ruthless and very precise."

"So, someone is inside the meditation room, using the silhouettes of their body movements to guide those outside on how to aim and shoot."

"It must take two people."

"One is Zhao Yu, and the other...maybe he's still in the White Horse Temple."

"And behind this person and Zhao Yu, there must be someone who can benefit from the fight between me and Prince Qi."

Yan Siqing didn't say it clearly because she had no evidence. It was useless for her to say anything. As long as there was any doubt, the emperor would investigate it whether she said it or not.

Too much is as bad as too little, otherwise it will be a waste of time.

She just wanted to save her family.

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The author has something to say: In fact, the main plot is the death of this prince, and the internal strife in the general's family and the emperor and empress of the previous dynasty. Because the country was founded not long ago, there are many hidden dangers left, so there is such a story. However, I will not focus on these. I will try to touch upon the power struggle line as much as possible. The main focus is on the small cases in each unit. The main plot involves a big case, and then the ending.