flstandardbreds Chapter 125 Death of Yun Hong
Chapter 125 Death of Yun Hong
Butler Li said with a strange expression: "The results once again confirmed that the person in the coffin is indeed the old marquis."
"How did you confirm it? After a few years, the body should have been almost rotten, right?" Rong Enqing wondered.
"From the height of the skeleton, the clothes carried by the person, to the burial objects in the coffin, everything is exactly as it was when it was buried. No one has touched it. This is one thing.
"Secondly, the Marquis cut his finger and dripped blood onto the skeleton. After a while, the blood merged into the skeleton. This is enough to prove that the skeleton is indeed connected to the Marquis' bloodline.
"The most important thing is that the old marquis had two broken ribs on his left side. The injury on the left rib of the skeleton is exactly the same as that of the old marquis."
Rong Enqing asked in disbelief: "Since it has been confirmed again and again that the person lying in the coffin is the old marquis, why did you say before that the old marquis is still alive?"
"Because, the more flawless the old marquis' death was, the more certain the marquis was that the old marquis must not be dead." Steward Li's eyes revealed a bit of admiration, "This matter was later confirmed."
Rong Enqing didn't say anything, but just looked at Butler Li quietly, waiting for his next words.
Then I heard Butler Li slowly say: "This matter has to start with the prince."
"Yun Hong!?" Rong Enqing was shocked and finally asked the fourth question of the day: "Was Yun Hong's death an accident? Or was it man-made? Also, is Yun Hong really dead?"
Steward Li looked at Rong Enqing in surprise, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "I suspect that the prince is still alive, just like the old marquis, but has hidden himself under a different name. The marquis thinks so too. We have been trying to find the prince's whereabouts over the past few years, but to no avail."
Rong Enqing seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked, "Let me interrupt and ask, is Yun Zhen not dead?"
Tsk tsk, three generations of grandparents, could it be that all three of them are faking their deaths? Rong Enqing was very suspicious of this.
Steward Li shook his head bitterly, feeling a little depressed, "The Marquis is really dead. The Marquis was already too worried about the old Marquis' affairs. He even pretended to be ridiculous to deal with Emperor Taihe. Later, the prince also got into trouble... Marquis, the Marquis died of exhaustion!"
Hearing what Butler Li said, Rong Enqing couldn't help but feel sorry for Yun Zhen.
As expected, among the three generations of the Marquis’ family, there is not a single fool!
No, Yun Yi, Yun Zhen, Yun Hong, and one more Yun Ye, four generations, there is not a single fool!
Yun Yi had the greatest reputation, the greatest power, the strongest ability, and was also the most feared. Even after his death was confirmed repeatedly, he was still remembered by people.
Yun Zhen seems to be the most absurd and incompetent, but in fact he is the one who lives the most tiring and miserable life among the grandparents and grandchildren.
Yun Hong was a rising star with a very good reputation, but unfortunately he died young.
As for Yun Ye, Rong Enqing admitted that he was not as good as him. At thirty years old plus fifty-six years of memories from his original body, he was still not as good as the eight-year-old Yun Ye.
Rong Enqing stretched out his hand and pinched his brows, then changed the subject, "Let's talk about Yun Hong. You just said that you and Yun Zhen suspected that Yun Hong was not dead, and have been tracking down his whereabouts?"
"Yes."
"During the investigation, did you find out whether Yun Hong's death was an accident or man-made?" Rong Enqing asked, "If it was man-made, who did it? Is it really like the rumors say that Emperor Taihe and the Zhang family colluded to kill Yun Hong?"
Butler Li was silent for a long time, then he sighed heavily and said in a heavy tone: "The death of the prince was an accident, but also man-made."
This was another answer that Rong Enqing was not expecting.
"What do you mean by accident and also man-made?"
"I say it was an accident because the fall off the cliff caused by the mudslide was indeed an accident. I say it was man-made because even if there hadn't been that fall off the cliff, the prince wouldn't have lived much longer. The fall off the cliff just brought everything forward by a few months."
Steward Li said in a heavy tone, "The prince's death was doomed from the moment the old marquis's men came into contact with him."
"Ten years ago, shortly after the Crown Prince became famous and was praised by Emperor Taihe in public and promised an official position, someone began to contact the Crown Prince secretly. Then the Crown Prince began to secretly investigate the old marquis.
"At that time, the Marquis and I both tried to stop him. But the prince insisted on doing what he wanted, and the Marquis and I couldn't do anything about it.
"Fortunately, after investigating for a while, the prince stopped the investigation on his own initiative. As for why he stopped investigating, he didn't say, and the Marquis and I didn't ask. We didn't care about what the prince found out specifically. After all, the prince didn't investigate for a long time, so the Marquis and I thought he didn't find much useful information.
“It was not until half a year later that Emperor Taihe suddenly issued an edict to marry Master Zhang’s granddaughter, Miss Zhang San, a famous and talented woman in the capital, to the Crown Prince. Only then did the Marquis and I sense the crisis.
“Grandmaster Zhang, he was the think tank of Emperor Kaiyuan and the mentor of Emperor Taihe. The Xia family father and son were able to quickly pacify the world and secure the throne of the Great Zhou, and Grandmaster Zhang played an absolutely huge role.
“But unfortunately, Grand Tutor Zhang’s most favored and most talented granddaughter was promised to the much-maligned Shun’an Marquisate.
"No matter how you look at it, this marriage is suspicious."
Rong Enqing thought of what Zhang had once said. On the eve of her marriage, Tutor Zhang had asked her to collect evidence of treason in the Marquis' Mansion after she got married.
Zhang Taifu was in a high position, had made contributions to the Great Zhou, and had a close relationship with two emperors. Therefore, he was absolutely loyal to the Great Zhou. Perhaps this was also the reason why Emperor Taihe chose to let Zhang marry into the Marquis's Mansion.
"Later, after the lady got married, there was nothing unusual for more than a year. The Marquis and I thought we were just being overly suspicious.
"Until the lady was pregnant and about to give birth, but suddenly she had an argument with the prince, causing him to leave home.
"Later, the sad news came back that the prince had passed away unexpectedly."
"When the Marquis and I investigated the cause of the Crown Prince's death, we found that it was the work of Emperor Taihe, my father, and even the Duke of Zhenguo. However, the most concerning thing is not the forces that were found, but another force that cannot be found.
"That force was hidden very deeply. We were not able to find out where it came from and who it belonged to until the Marquis passed away. The Marquis and I both suspected that the force might belong to the old Marquis.
"However, everything is just speculation. After all, even the fact that the old marquis is still alive is just speculation between me and the marquis. There is no actual evidence so far."
Zhenguogong Mansion! ?
Rong Enqing couldn't help but frowned again. Why was it the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion again?
What deep hatred does Shun'an Marquis Mansion have with them?
Why are they everywhere?
"Madam..."
Butler Li wanted to say something else, but Rong Enqing raised his hand to stop him.
"Stop, let's just stop here."
Rong Enqing received a lot of information today and felt that his brain was not enough.
"Go ahead and tell Yun Ye everything you told me today."
Rong Enqing paused and added, "No, don't wait to come back. Wait until he comes back in the evening and then go and tell him. Also tell him what you just said. I will discuss the rest with Yun Ye. If there is anything I need you to do, I will tell you after we discuss it."
"Okay, go down first. Leave me alone for a while."
Rong Enqing was feeling dizzy now. The amount of information was too much and she was having trouble digesting it.