Chapter 103: Five Years in a Rush
In the East Palace Campus, two figures were holding spears and were fighting back and forth.
One of them looked to be in his early twenties and had a strong build.
The other person is a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. He is handsome and has a gentle temperament. Although he was competing with others, he still had a gentle smile on his face, as if he was doing it with ease.
In fact, the situation on the court is indeed like this. The young man is suppressing the young man and has the upper hand.
After fighting for more than ten rounds, the young man deflected the young man's spear and did not fight back.
The young man also put away his gun and retreated, clasped his fists and bowed: "Your Highness's martial arts have improved rapidly, and I am no longer my opponent."
The young man laughed and scolded: "Zhong Huai, you have learned it now. You’re flattering me, don’t think Gu can’t see it, you’ve been giving in to Gu.”
The two people who just fought were Zhao Xing and Gu Tingye. Now it’s the spring of God’s fourteenth year, and Zhao Xing has become. A fourteen-year-old boy.
Due to good nutrition and practicing martial arts since childhood, Zhao Xing looked like a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old.
Zhao Xing has not stopped practicing martial arts in these years, but he is self-aware. Although his martial arts skills are passable, they are still far behind Gu Tingye.
But he doesn't care. For him, practicing martial arts is a way to strengthen his body.
Even if there is a chance to lead a personal expedition in the future, he will just sit in the rear and it is impossible to go to the battlefield in person.
Competing with Gu Tingye is just a way to vent excess energy.
Facing Zhao Xing's words, Gu Tingye smiled and said nothing.
He did hold back when he competed with Zhao Xing. After all, Zhao Xing was the crown prince. If Zhao Xing was hurt, not only he but the entire Gu family would suffer.
Sanshui, who was standing by, saw that the competition was over and quickly gave him a handkerchief. Zhao Xing took it, wiped his sweat, threw the handkerchief to Sanshui, and said, "I will leave first!"
"Best farewell to Your Highness!" Gu Tingye bowed.
Two years ago, Gu Tingye stopped studying and joined the East Palace Forbidden Army.
Now he is the commander in charge of the first battalion.
Zhao Xing left the military camp, returned to his study, and dealt with Zha Zi.
At the beginning of last year, my father began to let him handle government affairs.
The Zhazi processed by Shangshu Province will be sent to the East Palace for his approval first, and then sent to the officials for approval.
Zhao Xing reviewed a dozen papers, put down his pen, and stretched.
The tea maid behind him brought tea. Zhao Xing took it and took a sip, then put down the teacup. Just as he was about to continue reviewing the papers, Sanshui came in with a man.
The man is in his thirties, very thin, pale, and somewhat sickly. He is the Imperial City Secretary Yin Hanzhang.
Zhao Xing went through many selections but could not find the right person to be in charge of intelligence.
Later I learned that many of Feng Deguang’s criminal evidences were found by Yin Hanzhang, so he asked his father to bring him over.
Yin Hanzhang originally thought that by performing well in the investigation of Feng Deguang, the officials would pay attention to the Imperial City Division.
However, the officials did not care at all, and their attitude towards the Imperial City Division remained the same as before.
Therefore, when he was transferred to Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing asked him to resign his official position and be responsible for setting up an intelligence system for him. Yin Hanzhang agreed without thinking.
Although he will lose his official position, Zhao Xing is the prince, and it is no longer important whether he has an official position or not if he can be used by Zhao Xing.
“Meet His Highness!” Yin Hanzhang bowed.
"No courtesy."
Zhao Xing waved his hand and dismissed all the maids and eunuchs serving in the palace, and then asked: "Why do you come to see me?"
Yin Hanzhang is in charge of the intelligence system. Generally speaking, people will not come to see him unless there is something important.
"His Highness asked me to investigate the cause of Bai's death. We have already found some clues. The spies have found several servants who were sold by the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and they are still on their way to Beijing. This is a confession, please Your Highness, please take a look!”
Yin Hanzhang took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeves and handed them to Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing took it and read it. After reading it, he said calmly: "It took several years to find out. I am very dissatisfied."
Zhao Xing also knew that from scratch to something It is not that simple to establish an intelligence system without the support of the court.
However, Zhao Xing has high expectations for this intelligence system. Now that four years have passed and the whereabouts of several slaves sold by the Gu family have been found out, Zhao Xing is still a little dissatisfied.
"I will definitely speed up!" Yin Hanzhang did not defend himself, nor did he talk about the difficulties.
"I asked you to investigate the situation of farmland and hidden fields in Kaifeng Mansion. How did the investigation go?" Zhao Xing asked.
“Back to Your Highness, we can investigate clearly in half a month at most.” Yin Hanzhang replied.
"Go ahead." Zhao Xing nodded slightly and said.
"I excuse myself." Yin Hanzhang bowed and retreated.
Zhao Xing looked at the confession on the table, tapped his fingers on the table, and fell into deep thought.
The confessions were made by three people in total. They said that before Bai's accident, Xiao Qin had visited the Gu family several times in the name of looking after Gu Tingyu, and secretly told Gu Tingyu that Bai was the one who killed his mother. Shi.
However, these confessions cannot prove that Xiao Qin deliberately wanted to kill Bai in this way.
Zhao Xing pondered for a long time and asked someone to call Gu Tingye over.
"Your Highness!" Gu Tingye walked into the study and bowed.
“Take a look at these.” Zhao Xing handed over the confession.
Gu Tingye stepped forward to take it and read it. When he saw the content, he clenched the paper tightly and his body trembled.
Although these cannot be used as evidence to directly identify the Xiao Qin family, for him, it is enough to prove that his mother's death was the result of the Xiao Qin family.
When his mother was walking with Grandma Chang, she heard someone telling Gu Tingyu that his mother had killed Gu Tingyu's mother. When he rushed over, the person ran away and did not see his face.
Therefore, even Grandma Chang didn't know who the other party was.
"Zhong Huai, don't worry, these cannot be used as evidence. When those people arrive in Bianjing, they may inquire in detail, and they may be able to find out something useful." Zhao Xing said.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Gu Tingye bowed deeply and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I will not mess around."
Five or six years ago, he It is roughly certain that Xiao Qin is the murderer of his mother.
After so many years of patience, I naturally won't be impulsive.
"You go back first, and I will notify you when they arrive in Bianjing." Zhao Xing said.
"Yes!" Gu Tingye bowed and retreated.
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"Why did the official come back so early today?" Queen Cao asked while waiting for the official to change.
It was almost evening at this time, and the officials were very diligent in their work. Except when Zhao Xing was young and missed his son, he would put down his government affairs and come over to see her. Normally, he usually came to her after dark.
"Haha, now that Fu'er is helping me handle government affairs, I can feel more relaxed." The official said with a smile.
Although Zhao Xing handled it poorly, he still had to read it again and give final instructions.
But for things that were generally not very important, he simply took a look and found that Zhao Xing handled them without any problems, and he would not change them, which saved a lot of things.
"Guan Jia, I heard someone say that Fu'er reviews Zazi every day until night. He also studies during the day. You are not afraid of tiring Fu'er." Empress Cao complained.
"He will inherit the world in the future, so he will naturally be a little tired. But he has almost finished studying. I plan to let him be the examiner for this imperial examination. After the imperial examination is over, he will not be allowed to take over Kaifeng Prefecture. There is no need to continue. After studying, just ask someone to explain the scriptures to him from time to time." Guan Jia said.
(End of this chapter)