Xue Junyou, who was already a member of the Ministry of Punishment, easily ended up on the death row of the Ministry of Punishment.
After many days, this death row has not changed much, it is still so dark and dank.
After coming in, Xue Junyou gave some money to the jailers, then carried two food boxes to eat and found Jing You's cell.
I arrived at the right time, just in time for dinner. A group of brothers came after smelling the aroma. They all stretched out their hands like wild colts in the fence and looked through the inside with their heads tilted.
"Prince-in-law!"
As soon as he saw Xue Junyou, Wang Ai's small and nimble head came out first and shouted excitedly: "We knew the prince-in-law would never forget our brother."
"nature."
Xue Junyou walked up to him. After a jailer opened the door for him, he carried two food boxes and placed them in the middle of the death cell: "As soon as you are qualified to enter and leave the punishment department, I will come over and bring you some food."
, pork knuckles, pig heads, roasted chicken and roasted goose are all good for quenching hunger, so eat them while they’re hot.”
"Hehe, the prince-in-law still understands us."
"Although the chef of Princess Mansion's cooking is delicious, the small portion makes you really not full, and these are enough to satisfy your cravings and keep you hungry."
Wang Ai and a group of brothers in the prison who he had met that day swarmed up to him, and after saying a few nice words one by one, they started to enjoy the meal.
Jing You, who had the best relationship with Xue Junyou, was no exception. In addition to food, Xue Junyou also brought them wine. They all enjoyed the meal with great joy, but they were so greedy that the surrounding cells were filled with greed.
Xue Junyou did not participate. It was like a battlefield where wild wolves were fighting for food. He was horribly soiled in his official uniform.
It's not that he is self-reliant on his nobility, it's mainly because he looked bad on the first day he took office, which is really outrageous. Besides, Xue Junyou didn't just come here to visit his brothers.
"Brother Xue has become an official?"
Jingyou, who had filled his stomach, came over and said with a smile: "With the princess here, I think I will be promoted step by step."
Xue Jun smiled sadly and shook his head: "It's not necessarily that you will be promoted step by step. Brother Jing has also seen it. With a ninth-grade official position, he is at most an official."
"That's not bad."
Jing You knew very well that as a consort, having an official position was tantamount to setting a precedent. With Brother Xue's courage and talent, it would only be a matter of time before he rose to prominence.
"By the way, what position does Brother Xue hold now?" Jing You asked again.
"Deputy Director of the Crime Department!" Xue Junyou replied, and also deliberately raised his voice.
Not far away, Hua Wuwu, who was chatting and laughing with his brothers on death row, immediately stopped smiling and looked over here involuntarily.
"The official position is really not big, and when I first took office, I had to deal with the 16-year-old unsolved case at the Jiuying Protectorate. It was very tiring."
Xue Junyou said as he looked at Hua Wuyi's eyes. He still had a warm and jade-like smile on his face, but Hua Wuyi's burning face looked even more terrifying.
"Brother Hua? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Why do you look so ugly?"
The smile on Xue Junyou's face was warmer, as if he was very concerned, and he seemed to be hinting at something.
Seeing flowers without any intention is another reason why Xue Jun came here because he saw it from the brief description of the fire case in the palace sixteen years ago.
Although only the five-year-old princess escaped that day, one person was missing among the dozens of burnt corpses. It was the adopted brother who was only six years older than the princess, Nanyun Wang Huaqi.
Adopted son Hua An Ling.
This Hua Anling was once the son of King Nanyun. Because he died in battle, he was adopted by King Nanyun. After the fire, no body of about ten years old was found at the scene. But ten months later, Nanyun
King Yun announced that Hua Anling also died in the fire.
From that day on, everyone seemed to know that King Nanyun had lost his adopted son again, but the world could hide it, but not the Jiuying Protectorate. The news that the adopted son's body had not been found was recorded forever.
On the Jiuying Protectorate’s brief description of the fire.
But what has always been a headache for the Jiuying Protectorate is that since then, the adopted son has really disappeared from the world as if he were dead.
Hearing Xue Junyou's sudden inquiry, Hua Wuyi's face was even more startled, but in an instant he squeezed out a smile, which made the burning face even more terrifying and sinister: "It's okay, I just heard Brother Xue enter
I was a little surprised when I joined the Crime Department. You are so good at martial arts, I thought you would be a military attache."
"You can't say that, Brother Hua."
Xue Junyou stopped smiling at Hua Wuxin, and a touch of confidence appeared on his face: "Actually, I am good at literature and martial arts... and I am very lucky, which always allows me to stumble upon some easily accessible clues."
Hua Wuyi smiled at him and said no more words.
"Brother Hua, I remember hearing it from my brothers before."
Xue Junyou pretended to be curious and walked quickly to Hua Wuyi: "You are a distant relative of King Nanyun. The injuries on your face were caused by the fire when you went with your parents to celebrate the birthday of Princess Nanyun.
, and then because someone laughed at the injury on your face, you killed the whole family. Is this true?"
"It's true."
Hua Wuyi looked at him without any hesitation: "Didn't I tell Brother Xue about this matter? They were all mistakes made by young and frivolous people. If I hadn't had some relationship with King Nanyun, I'm afraid I would have become a tomb.
Already."
Xue Junyou nodded, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised. For him, it didn't matter whether he hesitated or not, because the moment he heard about the Jiuying Protectorate and the sixteen-year-old unsolved case, he was suspicious enough.
I suspect that this is a distant relative of King Nanyun.
After staying on death row for an hour, Xue Junyou was released from the Penal Department Prison.
For him, the fire in Prince Nanyun's palace seemed to be the beginning of everything. When he was investigating how Concubine Gongsun died, he found the letters between Princess Nanyun and Concubine Gongsun during her lifetime, and the Jiuying Protector's Palace asked
He came to investigate the fire, which meant that the fire seemed to be related to Donglinghou.
Prince Nanyun's palace was both the beginning and the key, and the little princess who survived and the adopted son of Prince Nanyun who disappeared were the key to the fire.
Xue Junyou followed what he was thinking and went back to the Crime Department to find Lu Li and dug up the file about Hua Wuxin.
That happened in the fifth year of Yong'an, just after the fire in the palace, and what was recorded above was the same as what Hua Wuyi said.
He killed people at that time, and killed many people. He could not escape death, but in the end, due to various reasons, he was temporarily sentenced to death row to await his fate.
He was neither convicted nor released, and it was obvious at first glance that there was some special reason.
While he was watching, Lu Li opened the door and came in: "Deputy Secretary, your relatives are looking for you outside."
"relative?"
Xue Junyou put down the file in his hand and looked up at Lu Li suspiciously. His biological parents and family had been killed by the Ming people, and his adoptive parents were businessmen. Since he married the princess, they knew how to avoid suspicion for him, and they had never done anything.
Find him and see if there are any other relatives there.
"Let him come in." After thinking about it, Xue Junyou still wanted to see this relative.
He waited in his small room for a while, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside. Then he saw the door being pushed open. Xue Junyou looked up and saw a young man in brocade clothes being brought in by Lu Li, with a cold look on his face.
.
"Uh... you go out first, little brother."
Xue Junyou stood up pretending to be calm and said: "It is indeed a relative I haven't seen for a long time."
Lu Li nodded upon hearing this, turned around and walked out.
Xue Junyou's expression suddenly changed, he glanced at the young man, and immediately opened the door and looked around outside.
Seeing that no one was eavesdropping outside, he breathed a sigh of relief. He turned back and looked at the young man in surprise: "How dare you come to me so openly?!"
"What's that?"
There was no expression on the young man's cold face, and he seemed to be complaining: "By the way, I'm afraid the Ninth Prince Consort doesn't know my name yet. I'm Feiyun, thank you for saving me last night."
"Then do you know why I want to save you?"
Xue Junyou has a big head. If the Jiuying Protectorate has been secretly monitoring him, then what meaning does what he did last night have.
"You don't have to guard me like a plague."
Feiyun frowned, obviously unhappy: "If I hadn't been stopped when I went to the princess mansion just now, I wouldn't have come to find you."
"You still dare to go to the princess's mansion?"
Xue Junyou's extremely bright eyes widened, but his face was full of disbelief, and he asked again: "The number of guards in the Princess Mansion has tripled today. If I stop you, you will be forced to escape again."
"I asked to see Princess Anyang from the main entrance." Feiyun replied, "It's just that they refused to let me see her."
"That's natural."
Xue Junyou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, no one would have thought that the assassin who broke into the princess's house at night would make a big show of asking for an audience the next day.
Xue Junyou had thought about making contact with the person in front of him, but it was not yet time. The news was very tight at this time, and he did not want to be regarded as an accomplice in assassinating the princess again.
But this person named Feiyun wanted to find him, so he couldn't let go of this opportunity.
"Then you came here to ask me to enter the princess's mansion?"
Xue Junyou pretended to be confused: "Why do you want to see Princess Anyang so much?"
"Because I have been investigating privately for a long time and found out a lot of things. Finally I found out that in terms of seniority, Princess Anyang is my cousin, so I want to meet this relative." Feiyun answered truthfully.
"What?"
The straightforward and casual answer shocked Xue Junyou: "According to what you said, your mother and Princess Gongsun are sisters?"
"yes."
Feiyun nodded and pointed to the jade pendant on Xue Junyou's waist: "It says on it that Gongsun Ruofei gave his daughter Junyue - Fei Jue Secret Treasure... And my mother's name is Gongsun Ruoxia, although
She never told me that she still has family members, but I personally went to Feixian in the Ruby Palace, and he figured out the answer for me."
"How can I trust you?" Xue Junyou asked tentatively.
The corner of Feiyun's mouth curled up slightly, as if she had been prepared: "The answer lies in the things that the princess' mother hid in Fei Jue. I know that you also want to open that secret without telling others. As long as you believe me, we will find a way.