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"Terrible! It's terrible!

Gecheng is the chief of the Qin Wangfu, and at the same time he is also a secret agent of the Jinyi Guard!

If the death of Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, is not what it seems, then..."

After reading Gecheng's file, Zheng Hai had a terrible guess in his heart.

"After the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, from the beginning of the Lanyu case, Lao Zhu began to remove obstacles for Zhu Yunwen.

This Lan Yu, Fu Youde, Wang Bi, Feng Sheng, all powerful generals, were all cleared by Lao Zhu.

I originally thought this was the end, but I didn't expect that this old Zhu didn't stop..."

Zheng Hai silently closed the file book of Gecheng, handed back the booklet, and walked out of the secret file building of Jinyiwei.

In order to verify his guesses, Zheng Hai needed more evidence and more intelligence.

Back at the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, Zheng Hai gathered several subordinates who were good at espionage, including "Shunfeng Ear" Feng Zhiyuan and "Clairvoyant" Meng Sigu.

Zheng Hai said to several Jinyi guards: "I have a few tasks for you, you arrange them, and let your subordinates pay attention to collecting all kinds of news from the kings. Compile the collected information into a book, summarize it to me, and go!"

A few days later, on the Fengtian Palace, the courtiers were going to the court.

In the main hall, the ministers were divided into several long lines, and Zheng Hai was also among them as the representative of Jinyiwei.

On the dragon chair, Zhu Yuanzhang's hair and beard were white.

He quietly looked at the ministers under the hall, his expression was as solemn as ever, and he couldn't see sadness.

A eunuch not far from Zhu Yuanzhang's throne shouted to the courtiers: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat

from the court!" "The minister has a book to play!" A minister

walked out of the courtiers' queue, and at this time it was Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, King of Qin, please give the King of Qin the name of 谥 (shì)." The ministers and the colleagues of the Ministry of Rites have selected several nicknames, and His Majesty is invited to choose one of them. The

eunuch took the fold from the hand of the Ministry of Rites and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened the fold, stared at a few nicknames on the book, and was silent for a while.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Just choose the character 愍 (mǐn)." "

Yes, Your Majesty!" the Ministry of Rites retreated.

The nickname is a high-level evaluation of the life of the deceased, which can generally be divided into three kinds of evaluation, namely praise, neutrality and criticism.

The use of epithets began in the Western Zhou Dynasty and was basically fixed by the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Emperor's words are seventeen or twenty-nine words, one word for the prince, two words for the county king, and two words for the minister.

The nickname "愍" is a bad word, which is negative and criticized.

Zheng Hai pondered carefully about the nickname given by Zhu Yuanzhang: "In the country, it is said that it is sorrowful, in the country it is difficult to say that it is sorrowful, and that the disaster is said to be sorrowful, and the people are saddened." "

Qin King Zhu Fan has done a lot of bad things, which is absurd, and this evaluation is also appropriate.

After leaving the court, Zheng Hai returned to Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town, but did not receive any relevant news about the King of Qin.

For a few days, Zheng Hai had nothing to do in Beizhen Fusi, and the specific affairs of Jinyiwei were managed by more than a dozen thousand households.

Zheng Hai was only responsible for reporting to Zhu Yuanzhang and conveying Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions downward.

Every day he sat in a chair, drank tea, and continued to think about his guess.

Zheng Hai noticed one thing through the channel of Jinyiwei: Zhu Yuanzhang lowered the specifications of the funeral of Zhu Yu, the king of Qin, and did not let Zhu Yu be buried thickly, it was just a very ordinary funeral.

"Tiger poison does not eat children.

Lao Zhu may just be dissatisfied with the evil deeds of King Qin during his lifetime, this lowering the funeral specifications does not mean anything, maybe it is just...

Lao Zhu, he shouldn't kill his son...""One

day, Feng Zhiyuan, the chief banner of Jinyiwei, walked into the room and reported to Zheng Hai.

"Zheng... Acting commander, the brothers have done what you have commanded to go down. This is a summary of the situation of several princes in recent times, and I have brought them to you. Zheng

Hai took a few booklets from Feng Zhiyuan's hand, and the situation of the princes was basically fine, only the behavior of Zhu Yu, the king of Jin, was a little different from usual.

Feng Zhiyuan pointed to a pamphlet and said, "This was discovered by Meng Sigu, and we secretly sneaked into the historian's room of the King of Jin and copied the latest text.

Zheng Hai looked at the booklet, on which were written the words "Emperor Qinlu".

"Where did he come from, and how did it look like a document from His Majesty's edict?" Zheng Hai was a little puzzled.

Feng Zhiyuan replied with a smile: "Brother Zheng, you guessed right! This is His Majesty's edict to King Jin.

"Then why did he let the historian record these edicts?"

Feng Zhiyuan thought for a while and replied: "This subordinate is not clear, maybe it is to show the emperor's grace!"

Reading these copied documents again, Zheng Hai found that the content of them actually included Zhu Yuanzhang's description of the cause of the death of King Qin to Zhu Yu, the king of Jin.

Zheng Hai gently read part of the original text:

"When the old and young people in the palace see it, they are worried about their lives. As a result, the three old women were secretly poisoned, and they were fried in cherries, and after taking them, they died without moving. Woohoo! What you do is unprecedented in ancient times! When it comes to public law, crimes cannot be punished. Today, the family members of the order are not in the final service, and they are still buried in a shallow manner, and they are reduced to public ceremonies.

Zheng Hai was a little surprised after reading this edict from Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Zhang, the king of Jin: "This Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, was actually poisoned to death by three old women!" "This Zhu

Fan abused the palace and caused the palace maid to retaliate, this logic is very reasonable. But how can I look at it, it looks like Jinyiwei's technique!" Zheng

Hai inexplicably doubted in his heart: "Don't say whether these old palace maids dare to poison King Qin, just talking about this poisoning method, I feel a bit tricky."

If you want King Qin to die quickly, then just buy poison. If you don't want to be discovered, shouldn't you use chronic poison, poison it little by little, and let King Qin's death be unclear? There is something wrong with the way these three old palace maids poisoned..."

Looking at these edicts copied back from the Jin Palace, Zheng Hai's brows furrowed.

Seeing Zheng Hai's expression, Feng Zhiyuan asked softly: "Brother Zheng, is there anything wrong with this? Why do you look preoccupied?"

Zheng Hai raised his head, looked at Feng Zhiyuan, relaxed his expression, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just feel sorry for King Qin."

"By the way, Brother Zheng, there is also a booklet of the nickname given by His Majesty to the King of Qin, I don't know if you want it?"

"Take it, let me see, what is said

on it!" Zheng Hai took the booklet from Feng Zhiyuan's hand, and it was written on it the title seal of Zhu Yuanzhang to the dead King of Qin.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were to the effect that "I am deeply saddened by your death, this is the affection of father and son, and the common feelings of human beings;

I have made you princes, and you are the oldest, and the first one is sealed in Qindi. I hope you can keep your title forever, and I hope you will use your fief to defend the territory for the royal family.

But if you don't practice virtue, you will die suddenly, so the nickname I give you is 'Sorrow'. "

This old Zhu didn't even miss the opportunity to

reprimand his son Zhu Fan when he died, and this accusation is to reprimand Zhu Zhang! I feel like I am saying to Zhu Fan again: I give you this nickname because of my father and son, and I am because of etiquette.

From the news collected by Jinyiwei, Zheng Hai also saw some folk rumors, saying that there was a dragon bed and a five-clawed dragon robe hidden in the palace of King Qin.

Although these news are just folk rumors collected by Jin Yiwei, Zheng Hai feels that these are likely to be true. After all, he had seen Zhu Yuanzhang get angry and slap the table.

After reading the news from all parties summarized by Jinyiwei, Zheng Hai strengthened the guess in his heart.

The death of Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, was probably instigated by Jinyiwei, and this may have been an instruction directly given by Lao Zhu

! Lao Zhu was too ruthless!

The tiger is poisonous and does not eat children, and the king is more ruthless than the tiger!