Chapter 130: Self-indulgently Sending Away the Person Sent by Yinzhen to Question Him...
After sending away the people sent by Yinzhi to question him, Yinzhen closed his eyes and lay on the bed in deep thought. In addition to recounting his experience, he also asked about the progress on Yinzhi's side and what confessions the arrested people had made.
Although there must be something that he hasn't been told, the current information has allowed him to make some guesses.
The people who launched sneak attacks and shot arrows from both sides, ambushed on boats to capsize them, and kidnapped people underwater were a group of people, namely the party of Prince Zhu San and Master Wu as mentioned by Boss Jin. Almost all the people they sent out this time were wiped out, and were either captured or killed by later jackals. According to the accounts of those who were captured, the Prince Zhu San they worshipped was really an old man in his seventies, and the so-called Master Wu was actually a monk.
As for the group that later killed Boss Jin and his gang, confessions were also obtained from the few people they captured alive. These people belonged to an old rebel party, the White Lotus Sect. However, the few people they captured alive were from the lower classes and had little information about them, so it was unclear how they knew about the actions of Boss Jin and his gang and how they accurately found them.
Now the whole city has been checked, and Yinzhen has received the imperial edict to track down Prince Zhu San and the White Lotus Sect. Because of Master Wu's identity, the Buddhist temple is unlucky and has become the focus of this search.
Yinzhen was thinking that these two groups were not high-end organizations and had no power in the official circles, especially the newly emerged Zhu San prince's gang. Their configuration was not even as good as some fierce bandits who had occupied the mountains for many years. But this time, not only did they get a large number of bows and arrows, they were able to arrange assassins on the princes' ships, and even wanted to place them on the emperor's ship.
This was no simple matter. Although Kangxi's idea of visiting Slender West Lake seemed sudden, the attendants were always prepared for Kangxi's trip. The various attendants had been prepared long ago and screened multiple times, so there was no need for temporary replacements. Furthermore, the suddenness of Kangxi's idea made it even more difficult to place the right people.
Therefore, there must be a bigger black hand behind this assassination. Either the White Lotus Cult secretly colluded with some forces in the court and used the Zhu San Prince's party to make this plan, or someone knew the plans of the White Lotus Cult and the Zhu San Prince's party in advance and helped them to achieve their own goals.
As for why they didn't speculate that Zhu San's princelings were behind this? Haha, according to the arrested people, their organization was only established three or four years ago, and they had been hanging around Taihu Lake, mostly relying on robbery to make a living. In this situation, what big things could you expect them to do?
Yinzhen deduced two situations in his mind, trying to analyze some characteristics of the mastermind behind the scenes, but his body did not allow him to expend so much energy. After thinking for a while, he fell into a deep sleep again.
When he woke up again, Yinzhen got good news. Fu Jin's fever had completely subsided, but the cold symptoms remained. The imperial physician was still working hard to change the prescription.
Yinzhen was delighted and went to see Fu Jin despite being stopped. Unfortunately, Fu Jin was in a coma, so he could only hold Fu Jin's hand reluctantly and was persuaded to go back.
On the third day of recuperation, people came to visit the patient one after another. They had wanted to come before, but every time they sent servants to ask, they were told that the two masters were still in a coma, so they could only postpone it until now.
Yinzhen forced himself to stay awake to receive wave after wave of guests, and stopped them all here, not allowing any of them to disturb Fu Jin. When asked, he said that Fu Jin was still unconscious.
At one time, the Empress Dowager and the concubines who were recruited sent a lot of medicinal materials, but among so many people, there was no Concubine De.
No one was sent to visit, and no gifts were given.
The servants in the palace all said that it was because the Fourteenth Prince was frightened and fell into the water, which caused the cold to enter his body. Empress Defei was worried and took care of him day and night, and she fell ill.
However, Yinxiang knew that this was not the case. When he returned to the palace on the day he fell into the water, the empress dowager and the concubines heard that the princes and their wives had all fallen into the water. They were extremely worried and went to visit everywhere. Concubine De also came to the courtyard where he and Yinzhen lived together.
In fact, there was no big problem for either of them. They were in good health from riding horses and shooting arrows on weekdays, and they often went swimming. They fell into the water for only a short while that day, which was nothing at all.
But when Concubine De arrived, she hugged Yinzhen in her arms and cried as if Yinzhen was about to die. After finally persuading him to stop, Concubine De asked about the situation at that time.
After Yinzhen finished telling his story, Yinxiang also told his story. He also emphasized that his fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law saved him and his tenth brother. He said this to express his gratitude, but who knew that Empress Defei stared at him with a creepy look, then sneered, and directly carried Yinzhen back to her courtyard, and never let Yinzhen come back.
Now that he knew that Concubine De hadn't even asked his fourth brother and sister-in-law, Yinxiang panicked. He always felt that he must have said something wrong that day, causing Concubine De to misunderstand his fourth brother, which was why he had such an attitude now.
But he really couldn't figure out what he had said wrong. After thinking it over, he felt that he couldn't pretend nothing had happened. He had to tell his fourth brother about this and ask him what he had done wrong. Even if his fourth brother blamed him, it didn't matter. He could go and apologize to Concubine De.
It was his fourth brother who saved him, he couldn't be ungrateful.
Thirteen-year-old Yinxiang stood in front of the sickly-looking Yinzhen's window, his face filled with guilt as he stuttered as he recounted what happened that day. He apologized, "Fourth brother, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If I hadn't said that, Mother De wouldn't have misunderstood. I, I wanted to go and apologize to Mother De, but, but, I'm a little stupid. I haven't figured out what I said wrong. I'm afraid, I'm afraid that when Mother De asks me what I said wrong, I won't be able to answer, and that would make Mother De even angrier..."
"Fourth, fourth brother, can you tell me which of my words I used inappropriately?" Yinxiang seemed a little confused. He had always been smart. He could understand what the tutors in the upper study said as soon as he heard it, and he didn't feel that there was anything he couldn't understand when reading the works of his predecessors. But this time, he really couldn't figure it out.
Yinzhen looked calm, his eyes slightly closed, making it impossible to see whether there was any emotion in his eyes.
"It's okay." His voice was as calm as the surface of a clear lake. "You didn't do anything wrong, and you didn't say anything wrong. Mother is indeed ill, so don't overthink it."
Yinxiang replied in a daze: "Is that so..."
"Hmm." Yinzhen casually chatted about family matters. "How is your health? Be sure to take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician on time and in the correct dosage. Don't let anything happen to you."
"Thank you for your concern, Fourth Brother. I'm fine. I've been taking the medicine according to the imperial physician's instructions." Yinxiang paused and asked, "Um, is Fourth Sister-in-law feeling better?" He had also heard that Fourth Sister-in-law was seriously ill.
Yinzhen said lightly: "I feel better now. I'm a little tired. You can go back first."
"Goodbye, brother." Yinxiang left obediently.
After leaving his fourth brother's yard, Yinxiang still felt something was wrong. He thought about it and went through all his older brothers and decided to go find his tenth brother.
After all, they were both rescued by their fourth brother and his wife that day, so they could be considered to have shared hardships, right?
Unfortunately, he went at an inopportune moment, as Yin'e was being dragged by Yin'er to drink.
Although Yin'e himself also likes to drink, he can't stand Yin'er drinking at all hours these past two days. So when he saw Yinxiang, it was like seeing a rescuer: "Come, Old Thirteen, have a couple of drinks with your ninth brother. I'm going to change my clothes!"
After saying this, he slipped away without waiting for Yinxiang's consent.
Yinxiang stood at the door in amazement: "No, Tenth Brother, I came to see you..."
Before he could finish his words, Yin'e disappeared.
Yin'er's eyes were hazy. He raised his wine glass and found that no one was clinking glasses with him. He shouted in dissatisfaction: "Tenth Brother, what are you doing! Are you still good brothers?"
He shook his head and stared at Yin'e's seat for a while, only to find that no one was sitting there. He turned his dizzy head to look for someone: "Old Ten, where is he? Where did he hide?"
Seeing Yinxiang at the door, he put his cup aside and stood up unsteadily: "Tenth Brother, where are you going? I'm telling you, you can't run away. We brothers...hiccups...will not go home until we're drunk today!"
As he spoke, he staggered to catch the person at the door.
Seeing that he was about to fall, Yinxiang had no choice but to step forward to support him: "Ninth brother, how did you drink so much? I'll ask someone to bring some sobering soup."
"What kind of hangover soup is this!" Yinzhen put one arm around Yinxiang's shoulders and waved the other hand wantonly, "How can a man drink hangover soup! If a man wants to drink...hiccup...the only thing he can drink is Yunye!"
Yinxiang was very helpless and very surprised. To be honest, he had never seen any of his brothers so drunk. Ninth brother was not a heavy drinker, so why did he drink so much today?
He was full of questions but couldn't ask them because Yinzhen saw that he hadn't taken the wine glass for a long time and started to force him to drink unhappily: "Tenth Brother, you are not loyal. You promised to drink with your brother!"
It would be fine if the wine spilled all over his clothes, but this guy was so mean as to pierce my heart: "But, Old Ten, why do I feel like you're as short as that little brat Thirteen?"
Yinxiang is only thirteen this year and hasn't started growing yet, so of course there's a gap between him and Yin'e, who is already sixteen. "Nineth brother, I am thirteen?"
"Huh?" Yinzhen shook his head, not understanding what the person in front of him was saying at all. "Come on, drink."
Yinxiang had no choice but to drink with him, hoping that his good tenth brother would come back soon. Unfortunately, Yin'e did not show up until Yin'er could no longer drink.
The eunuchs around Yinxiang and Yinzhen helped the woman to the bed. When they laid her flat, he heard Yinzhen muttering, "It was me who saved her, it was me..."
Save her?
Yinxiang was puzzled. He had never heard about who his ninth brother saved.
Alas, there are more and more things that I can’t understand.
After Yin'e slipped away, he thought about it and decided to go and take a look at Yinzhen.
Among this group of brothers, he was only close to Yinzhen because of their similar age. His relationship with other brothers and sisters was just normal. As for his sister-in-law and younger brothers and sisters, he rarely spoke to them. He often met the Eighth Lady because of Yinzhen, but he did not like Baya's personality and style. When they were together, he hardly spoke.
But because of the last incident with his mother and this assassination, he had developed a lot of good feelings towards his fourth sister-in-law. He heard that his fourth sister-in-law was seriously ill and had not yet regained consciousness. It would be unreasonable for him not to visit her.
Although it is impossible for him to see people.
When Yinzhen faced his brother, he unconsciously put on a lecture posture: "I heard that you put in a lot of effort this time. If you have any questions about your studies later, you can come to me."
Yin'e was not a studious child, and he disliked Yinzhen's attitude: "No need, I just want to thank my fourth sister-in-law for saving my life. It has nothing to do with you, fourth brother."
Yinzhen's face turned black.
So he was just being too sentimental?
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