Chapter 43 Chapter 41 Although there are brothers, it is not as good as Yousheng

Young Master Cong was still holding Yan Wei's hand, walking on the path by the lake. Along the way, all the people gave way on the side of the road, bowed and nodded to the two of them, paying attention to them.Yan Wei saw the woman she had seen before in the crowd, standing far away, smiling at her. "Get on the boat!" Gongzi Cong untied the cable, and the two of them drifted away from the shore of the lake without rowing to the small island in the middle of the lake, just letting it dangle in the lake. Gongzi Cong seemed to be relieved: "I can't help it... the wall has ears, so I can only talk here." Surrounded by an empty open water, a lone boat floats, such a place, naturally no one will eavesdrop.

Yan Wei hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" Gongzi Cong shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just think there is something weird in the food... There was a cold poison attack more than a month ago, and the situation of that attack seemed to be different from the previous one. So I stayed Heart, some things will be discarded and not eaten, and I will go around on a daily basis, go to those people's houses to ask for some food, and then...in order to paralyze them, I pretended to have seizures twice..." Yan Wei pondered: "Looking at the pulse, it doesn't seem that there has been a big change..."

Gongzi Cong said: "Is it because I paid attention after the first attack and did not ingest new poison, so there is no damage to the viscera?" Yan Wei shook her head and said: "I'm not proficient in toxicology, and your illness is only treated with one of my father's old prescriptions. If I were to tell you about Zichou Yinmao, I really can't say a word." ..." Gongzi Cong let out a long sigh and fell silent. Yan Wei asked, "Can't you leave?" Young Master Cong said: "How can you disobey the order of your father?" Yan Wei said: "Then we have to find out who poisoned it."

Young Master Cong sighed: "It's not easy. There are three kinds of people here: the soldiers are dispatched from various places; the servants are the soldiers from the original Huaidu, and their origin is actually the same as those of the original people, so they cannot be trusted; Thanks to them, I still have a place to look for food, this can be regarded as doing good deeds and bearing good fruits..." "Where's Xiong E?" Yan Wei asked. "She is one of the two palace maids who came here with me back then, and she also brought a daughter to serve me. My father specially sent them here, presumably it is out of nostalgia..." When Zi Cong said this, he said stopped.

Yan Wei said: "I think this person is weird!" Young Master Cong grabbed Yan Wei's hand and said, "Do you think so too?" "Yeah, she seems to be eavesdropping on us, and when you see her, your muscles will tense." Yan Wei nodded. Young Master Cong let go of Yan Wei's hand, and said, "Did you also find something wrong with her, or did you just think that my attitude towards her was unusual... Am I suspicious?" Yan Wei thought for a moment, then said, "I can't tell... why did you think she was wrong in the first place?" Gongzi Cong said: "Since I met her, I naturally want to ask clearly what happened the night I was eight years old, but her answer is not complete and untrue..."

"Oh?" Yan Wei raised her eyebrows, "What did she say?" "She only said that she and the other two people slept in a daze. When she woke up, she found that she was already outside the valley. She was escorted all the way back to Huaidu and continued to be on duty in the palace. But their application, There is not even a piece of cloth or a strand of silk left, as if it never existed, if it is just like this, why is it so clean and thorough?" "Where are the other two? Where are they now?" Yan Wei asked. Young Master Cong sighed, "They're all dead..."

Yan Wei sighed: "Oh... what does the king say? They go back and continue to be on duty. They must have an explanation." Young Master Cong shook his head: "There is no explanation... Your father has long forgotten such trivial matters... The entire inner court, the entire Huaidu, no one seems to care about my life and death..." Seeing Gongzi Cong's distraught, Yan Wei felt pity in her heart, gently tugged on his sleeves twice, and asked: "What about the rotation of those servants? And the rewards of the rules? And how to change from the three-year rotation?" For the March round? Also, why are these people transferred from so many scattered places? Your Majesty won’t remember any of them, right?”

Young Master Cong took Yan Wei's hand, and said with a wry smile: "The rotation and rewards have their own rules and rituals, and the letters are handled by different officials, just like Ji Sichen, who follow the old rules year after year, and no one asks. Cause and effect. As for the change of the rotation time, Junfu said that Qi and Jiang withdrew from the alliance that year, and our country used troops against Jiang. Jiang Guo fought for many years, and then fought with Jin Guo for several years, and then it became a routine..." Yan Wei asked suspiciously: "So... everything is logical, and there is no conspiracy?"

"What do you think?" Gongzi Cong asked back. "...I don't know." Yan Wei shook her head, "It's too messy, I can't figure it out..." Gongzi Cong said: "If everything is normal, why do they deliberately hide that I am Gongzi Cong, or they don't know who I am? If everything is normal, why do they deliberately not let me know the way out of the valley? The fork in the road was artificially repaired, trees were planted and rocks were planted, making it very similar? If everything is normal, I should have the power of life and death over these servants, not that I am a prisoner, and they are jailers, using slaves to deceive the master!"

After hearing this, Yan Wei went over it carefully in her mind, and felt that it made sense, so she asked, "What about now? Do you have the right to life and death over them?" Gongzi Cong nodded and said, "It's a bit too much to talk about life and death, but at least whoever breaks the rules can be expelled." "Then drive the Xiong'e mother and daughter out," Yan Wei said. Gongzi Cong sneered: "Hmph! I still want to fall on them and find the mastermind behind the scenes! There must be a hidden line behind all of this, taking advantage of the loopholes of each yamen to do their own thing, to install cronies and do whatever they want."

Yan Wei frowned and said, "Then what is their purpose?" Young Master Cong let out a long sigh, his gaze wandered far away, and he said faintly: "It's nothing more than the throne..." "Then the king...doesn't he know at all?" Yan Wei was a little puzzled and worried, what if all this was ordered by the king?But she couldn't express this concern. Young Master Cong shook his head: "Father Jun receives my greeting letter and offerings every year, thinking that everything is normal, but I have never sent these..." "Ah?!" Yan Wei was startled, "Then what if it falls on the messenger?" "The person who sent the letter is the servant here..." Gongzi Cong said, "It's another deadlock. The servant who sends the letter naturally obeys the leader's servant, but who is the leader's name and where did he come from? We have no idea. And since then, the chain has been broken, and there are no more clues to follow..." "That's not necessarily true!" Yan Wei said, "There are only a few dozen people around. We traced them one by one, and we can always find the big man in the lead. I remember his face." "When you investigate, maybe this person is dead..." Young Master Cong said quietly. "Ah..." Yan Wei was startled at first, but then she thought again, it really made sense, such a big conspiracy, kept secret for so many years, how could she care about the life and death of a soldier, thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling cold all over her body, gently He leaned closer to Gongzi Cong. Young Master Cong grabbed Yan Wei's waist and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here! Since I've called you here, I will never put you in danger. You just need to keep an eye on my pulse, and you don't have to worry about the rest. " Yan Wei turned around slightly, avoiding the crook of Gongzi Cong's arms, and said, "Can't you avoid them?" Young Master Cong shook his head and said, "Where can I hide? Huaidu? It's not like you don't know how the seventh brother died." Yan Wei was silent. "So... the only clue now is that someone poisoned me! It must be on the poisoner, and find out who is behind the scenes!" Gongzi Cong said wryly. Yan Wei said, "What can I help you with? Just tell me." Gongzi Cong smiled and said: "You don't have to do anything, just watch with your eyes and listen with your ears. Let me have someone to discuss with, and you will help me." Yan Wei nodded.Thinking of his son Conggui being the son of a country, half his life imprisoned, without even half a reliable person around him, he had to go all the way to call him back, he couldn't help feeling a little sad. Several white-cheeked wagtails flew past the water, drawing waterlines, and the spreading waves rippled and intertwined, disturbing the reflection in the water and disturbing people's hearts.Young Master Cong stared at it intently, he was so crazy... "Who is that man in black surnamed Du?" Unexpectedly, Gongzi Cong asked such a sentence. Yan Wei was startled, and said softly, "His name is Du Rong." "Du Rong..." Gongzi Cong repeated in a murmur, "Is he Du Wang's brother?" When he said this, he was still looking at the water surface where the wagtail had long since disappeared, as if he wanted to see through the hidden dangers hidden under the water. something like that. "He is Du Wang's twin brother." Yan Wei's voice was difficult, not knowing whether to tell the news of Du Wang's death. "Well...Du Wang once mentioned his brother to me. It was a time of war, and a family of two men had to draft one of them to serve as a soldier. The two brothers competed to go so that the other could serve at home safely. Old man, Du Wang couldn't convince his brother, so he gave him crotons, and went to accept the conscription..." Young Master Cong said in a flustered voice. Yan Wei didn't answer, she just looked up at Gongzi Cong with a look of pity on her face. Gongzi Cong looked at Yan Wei's face, suddenly realized something, turned around, grabbed Yan Wei's hand, and asked eagerly: "What about Du Wang?! Where is he now? Is he doing well?" Yan Wei didn't know how to answer, she just used both hands to gather Gongzi Cong's hands together, tightly holding them together, trying to say that she didn't know, but she couldn't say it. A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on Gongzi Cong's face, "Then something must have happened to him. Tell me..." Yan Wei said softly: "He has passed away..." The voice was so soft that it seemed that she was afraid of breaking the surrounding morning fog. Young Master Cong lowered his hands and asked dejectedly, "When did he pass away? Why?" "He went to Jiang Country to assassinate him, but he missed... not long ago..." Yan Wei replied. "Jiang Guo... It's Jiang Guo again..." Gongzi Cong clenched his hands tightly, as if putting all his strength into his hands, but his voice was very soft, like moaning. After a long time, Young Master Cong threw his pole and said, "Let's go! The banquet should be ready." After all, he drove a boat straight to the shore of the lake. When the boat arrived at the pier, Gongzi Cong tied the rope and helped Yan Wei get off the boat. He looked back and said, "He was always there... when I was sailing, he was on my right arm; when I was making fire, he was on my arm." Left arm; when I cook tea, he sits with me... These skills are taught to me by him, and they are with me all my life, and no one can take them away, just like he has been by my side all my life..." After finishing speaking, Gongzi Cong strode straight towards the tall building.Yan Wei followed behind, only feeling that the thin figure in front looked more and more lonely under the brocade clothes.