Chapter 354 Discovering Shi Dehou
In the past, when the Queen had something to do and Lin Lanting was the only one in the Imperial City, she would arrange for him to go with Lady Xia. He remembered that he had not seen Lin Lanting at the morning court today.
When she first went to the Dali Temple Prison, it was also Female Official Xia who was alone. Then she thought about the fact that the prince was brought back by Lin Lanting who accompanied Xiao Zhian to the Wei Dynasty.
When drinking privately with Zong Zheng earlier, Zong Zheng had revealed that Lin Lanting had returned to Fengzhao last time specifically to confirm some matters about the prince so that he could bring him back sooner.
But judging by the Queen's behavior today, she doesn't want the Crown Prince to come back...
Perhaps, the Queen and Lin Lanting, the brother and sister, had a rift over the issue of the Crown Prince. To be precise, the Queen no longer trusted Lin Lanting, who supported the Crown Prince.
During the reign of the previous emperor, most of Fengzhao's military power was mainly in the hands of the three families: the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, and the Lin Mansion.
After the Lin family got into trouble, the late emperor took back the Lin family's military power. Before his death, he gave the late emperor instructions in front of him and Marquis Zhongyong, asking the late emperor to rely on the two governments, and also asked him and Marquis Zhongyong to swear to protect the Xiao family's kingdom to the death.
Later, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion was extinct, and the military power was returned to the court. It was handed over by the Queen to Lin Lanting, and his Marquis of Zhenbei Mansion was inherited by Liang Yongan.
After Liang Yongan inherited the title, he became close to the Queen, and Lin Lanting was the Queen's brother, which meant that the military power of both sides was in the hands of the Queen.
If the Queen is convinced that Lin Lanting has turned against her, she will definitely try to suppress Lin Lanting. The Zhenbei Marquisate, which also holds military power, is the best choice.
She wanted to use the military power of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to compete with Lin Lanting, or even get rid of Lin Lanting.
Although Lin Lanting was supported by the Queen, he became famous at a young age and was a very strategic and brave general. Liang Yongan was no match for Lin Lanting. His concubine slept with other women all day long and was even more of a hopeless person.
Therefore, the Queen took a fancy to Fu Su, who also became famous at a young age. She wanted Fu Su to become the prince of Zhenbei Marquis and take over the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion in the future.
Liang Yongan was bewitched. The concubine's daughter was the apple of his eye. The Queen wanted to take away the throne of the Crown Prince from his beloved daughter. How could he accept her instructions to frame the Crown Princess?
Now that the Queen has made this decision, she will never easily change her mind just because of Liang Yongan's cooperation.
So, what was the real reason that made Liang Yongan frame the Crown Princess?
The old marquis walked all the way to the old lady's room with a frown on his face.
The old lady had already woken up and was leaning against the headboard of the bed. Seeing his appearance, she hurriedly asked, "What happened again?"
The old marquis saw the worry in the old lady's eyes, and fearing that she would think too much, he told her everything about meeting Liang Yongan in prison.
They have been married for decades. When he was fighting outside, she stabilized the family. His wife was his bedside companion and also his comrade-in-arms in protecting the Liang family.
He trusted her very much.
After hearing this, the old lady pondered for a long time, "I agree with your guess, but if this is true, the queen would use such means to deal with her own brother.
So, in order to control the military power of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and the Marquis of Zhenbei, did she also do a lot of things?
People's temperaments are innate, and some people are born to like all kinds of planning and scheming. So, let us assume that in order to gain the military power of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, she had already set her sights on Liang Yongan, the most foolish of our sons.
In order to help him get to the top, did she help him harm other brothers? Is this the leverage she has over Liang Yongan?
Zhuzhu was murdered. Was it her arrangement that led the palace maid to Yuepin Palace?
Let's think about it again. Why did Concubine Yue suddenly take all the blame yesterday? What was she afraid of? I don't believe that someone like her would really take on everything alone just because she loves Liang Yongan.
Going back further, was the Queen also involved in Yuepin's affair with Liang Yongan?
This is something that you and I have never understood before. The late emperor was afraid of the Lin family, but why did he let the girl from the Lin family become the crown princess?
And the death of the prince of the loyal and brave man's mansion, whether it has anything to do with her, old man, I really hope I am not overthinking it, I am also a little afraid to think too deeply. "
After hearing her analysis, the old marquis fell silent. After a moment, he said, "In the battle at Shanhaiguan, Lao Wu was the vanguard.
When we discussed this plan, there was no one else present except Liang Yongan, who was injured and unconscious in my tent.
At that time, his eldest son, second son, and fourth son had all died, leaving only Liang Yongan, the second and fifth sons, by his side.
Parents who have lost a child will be especially sympathetic to their remaining child. In addition, Liang Yongan was injured and unconscious at that time, so he never doubted him.
Now, if we look beyond the father-son relationship, it is very likely that the battle plan for Lao Wu to be the vanguard to ambush the enemy was leaked by Liang Yongan, causing Lao Wu to fail in the ambush and be ambushed and killed by the enemy.
Having said that, how could the old lady not think that it might be Liang Yongan who betrayed his brother.
Her swollen eyes turned red again, "I'm sorry, I was too protective of him in the past."
Apologizing to the old marquis is also an apology to his youngest son.
The old marquis patted his wife's head and said, "It's over. Don't be sad anymore. If what we just speculated is true, old woman, we must take care of our health. There are still tough battles to fight, and the revenge has not yet been truly avenged."
If all this was really done by the Queen, then she hid it too deeply and it was too terrifying.
The old lady nodded heavily upon hearing this, “The Queen’s previous plan was to support Fu Su against Lin Lanting, but because of Zhu Zhu’s matter, we accepted the Crown Princess’s favor.
In addition, based on your remarks in the palace, the Queen must have already listed the Liang family as members of the Crown Prince's camp. I am worried that if she can't use Fu Su, she will destroy him to prevent him from becoming an additional supporter of the Crown Prince."
Seeing that the old man had perked up a bit, the old marquis immediately said, "Yes, so we two old guys have to protect them well.
But you don't look very well, do you want to ask a doctor to come and see you?"
"No need." The old lady straightened her shoulders, sat up straighter, and said to the door, "Send some food."
She had only not eaten for two meals. She would definitely recover a lot after eating. The Liang family was in trouble now, and she couldn't let her health hold them back.
The old marquis breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his wife had the same spirit as a hen protecting her chicks.
The porridge was quickly served, and the old couple each devoured a bowl. By the time it was completely dark, the old lady glanced out the window and sighed, "I wonder when the Crown Princess's health will improve, and when Zhuzhu can say goodbye to us."
The old marquis comforted, "It will be soon, soon."
But in his heart he felt that Wei Qingyan must have been pretending to be unconscious, and his intention was not difficult to guess. Then, looking at what the prince said to the queen in the palace today, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the Liang family supporting the prince.
At least the prince seems to have a clear mind, and the queen can never rule again.
Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu, who were being talked about by them, galloped all the way to the Lin family's ancestral tomb with their secret guards. Everyone got off their horses in advance, leaving a secret guard to watch the horses, and the rest followed Wei Qingyan in the dark to avoid the gravekeepers and entered the cemetery.
The Lin family's ancestors were a large clan, and the entire ancestral land was very large. From the outside, the feng shui of this area was excellent.
However, no matter how good the feng shui is, there will inevitably be some resentment. The Lin family's ancestral land is just like the cold palace of the Wei imperial palace. It is so clean that there is not a trace of resentment.
"Something's wrong. There's not a trace of resentment." Wei Qingyan whispered to Shi Yu, "I'll go to where the gravekeepers live. You take a few people to the left to see if there's anything unusual."
There was no resentment, most likely because the resentment had been eaten away. Shi Yu thought of Shi Dehou and said to Wei Qingyan, "Let them go to the left, I'll go with you."
He remembered that Shi Dehou relied on absorbing resentment to recover his body, and it was very likely that someone who could absorb the resentment nearby was nearby.
Wei Qingyan did not refuse and teleported Shi Yu to the house where the gravekeeper lived.
The door was wide open and the room was pitch black.
But Wei Qingyan took a clear look at the small room and found that there was no one in the room.
She walked in and touched the bed, which was cold. Shi Yu also lit the oil lamp on the bedside and saw everything in the room clearly.
The room was messy, and there were leftovers on the table. The dishes didn't look like they were made in the small stove outside the house, but more like they were packed from a restaurant. All the dishes were top quality and very expensive.
The wages for tomb keepers are not much, and they should not be able to afford such dishes.
"Shi Yu, look at this." Wei Qingyan's voice rang out. Shi Yu walked over with an oil lamp and saw that she was holding a half-burned woman's dress in her hand.
Most of the tomb visitors are men, so how could there be women's clothes? And they are of high quality.
The two men hurried back to the bed. Although the bed was messy, it was made of fine cotton. Holding the oil lamp, they searched carefully and found several strands of women's long hair and a gold hairpin that had fallen under the bed.
From these discoveries, it can be seen that the women who stayed here were not from poor backgrounds, and women who were not short of money would not commit themselves to being gravekeepers.
This can be ruled out as the gravekeeper's mistress.
Thinking about the fact that Wei Qingyan's transformation of hatred and demon removal had already spread throughout the imperial city, Shi Yu said, "The one who lived here before must have been Shi Dehou."
He had been a king all his life and was used to enjoying life. Even if he had to flee, he was unwilling to suffer. Besides, he was rescued to Fengzhao by someone, so there might be people around him who would run errands for him.
Wei Qingyan nodded in agreement.
Shi Yu continued, "But someone is afraid that you can see the resentment, and is worried that his secret will be revealed by the resentment. Therefore, it is very likely that Shi Dehou was taken away by someone to absorb the resentment."
"This is the Lin family cemetery. If the Lin family doesn't allow it, then the real gravekeeper will be killed."
Wei Qingyan continued, "But the gravekeeper's murder doesn't prove that placing Shi De here has nothing to do with the Lin family."
Perhaps the Lin family is trying to cover up their mistake, making it even more obvious.
Shi Yu nodded, "Do you have a way to track down Shi Dehou?"
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