Chapter 129: Searching for the source
Then the Du family servant would not have thought that he would encounter the key thing in the brothel. He was performing illusions on the stage, and he had no intention of watching, but he spared no effort to spread rumors: "Don't believe it, no matter how high Shangguan Wan'er's status is and how good she is in her studies, she is also a woman, so she doesn't want men?
Zhang Changzong is a descendant of the prime minister, a descendant of a noble family, a young talented man who knows everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has a very beautiful appearance. Otherwise, how could he be known as the "Lotus Liulang". Zhang Changzong and Shangguan Wan'er both lived in the palace, and met each other day and fell in love over time, which was not natural."
The person next to him obviously didn't believe his words and smiled and said, "It's unlikely, right? Don't talk nonsense. Isn't Zhang Changzong the emperor's man? How dare he do such a thing on his back?"
The Du family sneer laughed and said, "Which man or woman doesn't blame others? Who is not afraid of being discovered? But this thunder triggered the earth fire. Can you bear it by enduring it? Let me tell you something about it. A few days ago, Zhang Changzong secretly took Shangguan Wan'er to Xingjiao Temple to burn incense and was seen by someone.
Shangguan Wan'er was already pregnant with a big belly. They donated a large sum of indulgence and oil to the temple, and the merit book read clearly: husband and wife! But they both used a pseudonym. Hey! They not only had a private relationship, but also had evil spirits. When they went to the temple to worship Buddha, wouldn't it just to ask God and Buddha to bless peace?"
A person next to him said half-believingly: "What happened?"
Yang Fan frowned slightly. Gu Zhuting knew whose child Shangguan Wan'er was pregnant. When she heard that the man was talking nonsense and defiled Wan'er's reputation, she couldn't help but get furious. But as soon as she took a step, Yang Fan tightly grabbed her wrist and shook her head invisibly.
The Du family servant said proudly: "No! Think about it, Zhang Changzong is the most favored male favorite of the emperor today, right? Shangguan Wan'er is the emperor's most trusted confidant, right? The emperor has not moved back to Chang'an yet, why did he send his most favored man and his most beloved confidant to Chang'an one after another?"
When the Du family member said this, he looked around sneakily and looked around. At this time, Yang Fan had turned his eyes to the stage, as if he had not paid attention to his words. In fact, the Du family member was deliberately pretending. He was not really afraid that others would hear it, but he was afraid that others would not hear it.
The family pretended to behave and said, "It's clear that they deceived the emperor. Shangguan Wan'er was pregnant with Zhang Changzong's evil seed, and her belly grew bigger. She was afraid that the emperor would find a reason to avoid Chang'an. Zhang Changzong was her adulterer, so she could not rest assured that she would have to come with her."
"No, I heard that it was Chang'an that Zhang Changzong first arrived.
"What's strange about this? Is there anyone in this world who is closer than the person next to the pillow? The emperor must have agreed to Zhang Changzong first. When Zhang Changzong arrived in Chang'an, as long as he said that he couldn't handle it alone, the emperor felt sorry for his lover, and how could he not send her most capable helper?"
Yang Fan walked out of the crowd with a calm face. Gu Zhuting caught up with her and asked in a low voice: "Alang?"
Her voice was faintly murderous. The slander of the Du family member had aroused her murderous intention. She didn't care whether the person should be convicted for his words. She was a member of the Yang family. No matter who it was, as long as it damages the reputation and interests of the Yang family, it would be her enemy. Her best solution was to turn the other party into a dead person.
Yang Fan understood what she meant and shook her head slightly, saying, "This person is not important. What's important is that these rumors are just clues that some people have found, some gossips that come out casually, and some people have ulterior motives."
Gu Zhuting said: "Don't worry, Alang, I will find it out."
Yang Fan said: "If someone really has ulterior motives, as long as you touch him, even if the result is found, you will be alarmed. Don't touch him for now, just stare at him. I want to know if there is someone behind him, if there is someone, who is this person and what is his purpose!"
Gu Zhuting nodded and sneaked back to the crowd quietly.
Yang Fan returned to the car and his mind suddenly became heavy. He didn't know how he would be discovered just by walking to Xingjiaoxing. Could it be that someone had been monitoring their actions?
Is the rumors spread by this person true or false? Is it because he heard from others or is it instructed? If this person was not the first spreader of the rumors, it would be difficult for Ting'er to find out the real spread of the rumors. If this was just a rumor, Yang Fan would not care at all. He had already experienced the ability of the common people to stumble on the ground.
But the fact that Wan'er is pregnant is true. Wan'er fought to the death in front of the queen to win a chance to survive for her and her child. The prerequisite for the queen to let Wan'er and her child go is that the news must not be leaked and cannot lead to a scandal. If this is a plan by someone who is interested, then he must take further action.
The emperor would not mind the rumors of the common people, nor would he have the chance to hear the rumors of the common people, but once the matter was proven to be a fact by the powerful class, the queen's only choice was to raise a butcher's knife and use the blood of Wan'er and the child to clean up the shame the court suffered for it. He did not dare to treat it carelessly for his women and his children.
This time, Yang Fan was very lucky. Du Wentian had just sent someone to spread the news, but he heard it with his own ears. Gu Zhuting secretly stared at the Du family servant. With her skills and alertness, the Du family servant naturally could not find out. He spread the news in the tram and turned to a tavern.
The Du family was very hard at what the young master told him. Whenever he went to a place, he would go to many people and casually find an excuse to chat with him for a few words, leading the topic to the scandal between Zhang Changzong and Shangguan Wan'er. Gu Zhuting followed him two places and confirmed that this person was not heard of and then said nonsense and knew about it. He was intentionally spreading the news. In other words, he was the direct disseminator of the rumors, so it would be much more convenient to track it down.
Gu Zhuting stared at him quietly until he returned to Du Mansion and confirmed his identity, and then hurried back to the island in the middle of the lake.
"Fanchuan Du Family?"
Yang Fan was a little surprised when he heard Gu Zhuting tell him the other party’s identity. Fanchuan Du’s family had no grudges with him, and now his Zhisitang is close to Guanlong Shiya. Fanchuan Du is one of his important partners. What is the intention of the Du family? Although he was not involved in the rumors, Du Jingting, the head of Du’s family, knew the relationship between him and Shangguan Wan'er. It was because of this relationship that he gained the trust and support of the Guanlong family. What is the Du family’s intention to do so now?
Yang Fan was thinking and couldn't guess clearly. At this time, Gu Zhuting said angrily: "It must be Princess Anle that was caused by it. Princess Anle was dismissed by Alang in Dongcheng City, Chang'an, so she held a grudge and wanted to be corrupt..."
Speaking of this, Gu Zhuting was stunned again, feeling that her speculation was not valid. She murmured to herself: "No, if it is because Princess Anle holds a grudge against Alang, she should have called the adulterer a Lang, so why did she get involved in Zhang Changzong?"
Yang Fan heard this but was a little surprised and asked, "What is the connection between Du Shi Fanchuan and Princess Anle?"
Gu Zhuting said strangely: "Don't Alang know that the mansion where Princess Anle and Prince Gaoyang live is now lent to them by the Du family?"
Yang Fan was stunned when he heard this: "You mean, Princess Anle and his wife live in the Du family and that house?"
Yang Fan was indifferent to Wu Chongxun and his wife, and had never thought about visiting them, so he didn't even know where they lived. Gu Zhuting nodded. Yang Fan thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was full of fog and could not be understood.
If Wu Chongxun and his wife were also involved, what exactly does this matter mean? He was not involved in the rumors, and he was obviously not plotted on it. Wan'er has been in the inner court for a long time and is close to all forces, and has no major benefits. No one can't wait to eradicate her. Could it be that the other party's real goal is actually Zhang Changzong?
The more Yang Fan thought about it, the more he felt that this speculation was most reasonable. The Wu family and the Li family had already become afraid of the rise of Er Zhang. Because Zhang Changzong had slandered that the emperor executed Wu Yanji and his wife and Li Chongrun, the conflict between them was completely intensified. Could it be that someone discovered that Wan'er was pregnant and wanted to take advantage of the problem to get rid of Er Zhang?
Yang Fan's cleverness was mistaken for this, and he thought of a very simple grudge too complicated. But how could he know that the Du family knew nothing about this? This was entirely due to the personal grudge of Du Wentian, the son of the Du family, and the jealousy of Princess Anle?
Du Wentian was not sure of his true identity, and no one from the Wu family participated in it. This matter was actually a trick created by a disciple and a narrow-minded little woman.
It was only because the person Deng Tuzi hated was Zhang Changzong who ordered him to beat him, so he took private goods while executing Princess Anle's order, which made the matter even more complicated. The situation inside was too complicated and mixed with too many accidents, so with Yang Fan's alertness, he could not guess the real reason.
Yang Fan suddenly remembered that Princess Anle took the liberty to visit Shangguan Wan'er, which aroused his vigilance. He once sent someone to monitor Princess Anle's every move. Now that he knows that Princess Anle lives in the Du Mansion, perhaps those secret spies will get what information, Yang Fan immediately took office as the man responsible for monitoring Princess Anle to ask in person.
After receiving Yang Fan's instructions, Ren Wei transferred a total of four people from Jisitang to monitor Princess Anle. These four people dressed as merchants and stared at Princess Anle's mansion every day. Every time Anle left the mansion, they had records of who she met and what she had done.
Soon, Ren Wei brought the heads of the four secret spies and brought them to Yang Fan.
Yang Fan looked through their records, but unexpectedly, even Princess Anle met him on the side of Longqing Pool: "On May 27th, four minutes later, she met Yang Fan, General Qianqi Zhongwu, on the side of Longqing Pool. Before the conversation reached half an incense stick, both sides immediately left, and each showed displeasure."
Although Yang Fan was worried, he couldn't help laughing after seeing their official records. He looked through them carefully and found nothing special to pay attention to. He put down the book and said to the man: "What you remember is detailed. Why did Anle live in Du Mansion? Didn't Liu Rongtian arrange a residence for them?"
This seemed strange to Yang Fan. Liu Rongtian was a party of the empress. He should be very close to Wu's family, but he did not arrange a house for Wu Chongxun and his wife, which was somewhat unreasonable.
The question asked by Yang Fan was not in the tasks undertaken by these secret spies, but they really understood this and immediately replied: "Princess Anle is not very satisfied with the residence arranged by Liu Mansion, so she accepted the invitation of Du Wentian, the son of the Du family, to move into Du Mansion."
Yang Fan said: "Did the Wu family have dated the Du family?" He did not mention Princess Anle, because Li Guer lived in Fangzhou since childhood and had not long returned to Beijing, so it was impossible to have any relationship with the Du family. Until this time, he still suspected that the Du family and the Wu family had any secret relationships.
The secret spy said: "I don't know if the Wu and Du families are in contact. However, when Wu Chongxun and his wife arrived in Beijing, they met Jingma in the Shilichang Pavilion. Du Wentian, the son of the Du family, waved his sword to kill Jingma and rescued the prince and his wife. He was also injured for this, and the two parties formed a friendship."
Mr. Jiang, the former leader of Jisitang, has always been arrogant and cold, and he hates his subordinates talking too much, so the people in Jisitang are often trembling when they see him. There are one answers and two answers and two answers and never dare to say anything more, but Yang Fan is very kind. The restraint and nervousness of this secret spy gradually disappears. Suddenly, he thinks of an interesting thing and can't help but talk more:
"But Beizhi once heard the servants of the Du family talk about it. They said that the Du family's son was actually injured the day before welcoming Wu Chongxun and his wife. That day he teased a woman at Xingjiao Temple and was beaten up. He made the incident of shocking horses in order to cover up the scars on his face."
Yang Fan was stunned and his eyes gradually became brighter.
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