"The officials are too careful. If I use my method, maybe we can really fish out the real culprit behind the scenes."

Liu Zheng left the Chui Gong Hall, muttering dissatisfiedly as he walked.

"I do understand the official family. If it were me, I would definitely not be willing to risk my own family."

Ning Fu next to him chuckled.

Liu Zheng was speechless after hearing this. After all, Ning Fu's family was his daughter and grandson. He would definitely not be willing to let his daughter and grandson make fishing bait, even if he was fully prepared.

"By the way, who are the real culprits behind this? Why did you take such a big risk to attack Concubine Liu Guifei and her son?"

Liu Zheng suddenly asked again.

Based on the current situation, Liu Zheng estimated that this case would not be found out, but the more this happened, the more interested he became in the real culprit behind the scenes.

"It's hard to say, but judging from the murderer's purpose, there are three types of people who may take action!"

Ning Fu thought for a moment before answering.

"What three types of people?"

Liu Zheng asked immediately.

"The first one must be the concubines in the palace..."

"That's not right. Didn't you say that the real murderer behind the scenes doesn't understand perfume? But the concubines in the palace should know a lot about perfume?"

Before Ning Fu could finish speaking, Liu Zheng interrupted with a puzzled look.

"It may not be the concubines themselves. It may be the people around them, or their relatives outside the palace. After all, the birth of the prince is related to the battle for the position of the queen. It is inevitable that some people who are greedy for profit will do such a thing.

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"That makes sense!"

Liu Zheng nodded and asked again.

"What about the second one?"

"royal!"

Ning Fu replied very briefly.

Liu Zheng was also startled at this time, and even looked around carefully. He didn't feel relieved until he found no one paying attention to them.

"Son-in-law, you really dare to say that, but I don't even dare to think about it!"

Liu Zheng had actually thought about this possibility before, but he didn't dare to think about it any further, let alone say it in front of Zhao Xu.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhao Xu doesn’t know. In fact, Zhao Xu may have thought of it, but he is not willing to say it openly.

After all, if someone from the royal family took action this time, the involvement would be even greater. Zhao Xu's younger brothers, and even Zhao Xu's uncles, might not be able to escape their involvement.

After all, Zhao Xu has no children now. If he is like Renzong and has no heirs until his death, then he can only choose his successor from the royal family, so some ambitious royal families have enough reasons to take action.

"I can only say that it is possible, and the most suspected one is King Duan. But now that King Duan is far away in the northwest, the suspicion has been reduced."

Ning Fu analyzed calmly again.

"What about the third type?"

Liu Zheng was afraid that Ning Fu would continue talking, so he changed the subject and asked.

"The third type is more complicated. It may be external forces doing this kind of thing."

"External forces? Are you talking about Liao or Xixia?"

Liu Zheng said with a serious expression after hearing this.

The struggle between the Song, Liao and Xia kingdoms was not only manifested on the battlefield, but also the secret fighting between them was very fierce.

Taking the Song Dynasty as an example, the Imperial City Division had many spies lurking in Liao and Xixia, such as Ma Yuan, one of them.

These spies are not only used to gather information, if necessary, they will also do some dirty work, such as assassination, bribery, etc.

If given the opportunity, the Song Dynasty might also send people to assassinate the only heir of the Liao Kingdom, thus triggering chaos within the Liao Kingdom.

Of course, Xixia and Liao did the same to the Song Dynasty. Even though Xixia was half dead now, the spies they sent to the Song Dynasty did not suffer any losses.

In addition, the Song Dynasty supported the Liang family and his son behind the scenes, so both Liao and Xixia had the motive to mess up the Song Dynasty.

"But Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom is old, and Xixia is half dead. Their coalition was defeated by the Liang family before. Do they still have the energy to cause trouble in the Song Dynasty now?"

Liu Zheng asked again in confusion.

"I didn't say it must be Liao or Xixia, it could also be other forces."

Ning Fu smiled slightly.

"Apart from Liao and Xixia, what other powers could there be? It couldn't be Goryeo or Dali, right?"

Liu Zheng shook his head in disbelief. Goryeo, Dali and the Song Dynasty did not have any conflicts of interest. On the contrary, they had many exchanges of interests. They had no reason to disrupt the Song Dynasty.

"Don't always think about these countries outside. There are also people inside who may attack officials."

Ning Fu chuckled.

"who?"

Liu Zheng really couldn't guess it now.

"Me!"

Ning Fu pointed at himself and whispered.

"You? Are you..."

Liu Zheng was shocked. He had almost forgotten that Ning Fu was a rebel. If it was really Ning Fu who did it, would he really want to rebel?

And if you think about it carefully, Ning Fu really has the conditions to commit the crime. First of all, the perfume is his family property, and he is also familiar with the people in the palace. He can bribe the palace people to poison Liu Guifei.

When he thought of this, Liu Zheng felt a chill all over his body, and his eyes when he looked at Ning Fu were full of fear.

"Father-in-law, where are you thinking? I'm just saying that people like me have the motive to commit crimes, not that I am the one who committed the crime!"

Ning Fu sighed and explained.

"What's the meaning?"

Liu Zheng hasn't turned a corner yet.

"Just think about it, with so many people under the rule of the Song Dynasty, not everyone is willing to be ruled by the officials. For example, descendants of the previous dynasty like me, or some believers, etc., they also sneak into the palace.

Poisonous motives.”

Ning Fu paused for a moment when he said this, then shook his head again.

"But I think this possibility is relatively small. If they really have the ability to sneak into the imperial city, why not poison the officials directly, but poison the concubines in the palace?"

"So these are the people you're talking about!"

Liu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then said again.

"What you said makes sense. There are some rebels in the country, but they can't achieve much. It's even harder to sneak into the imperial city, let alone get close to the officials and concubines, so I'm just guessing from the previous ones.

It's more likely."

"Yes, unfortunately these are just speculations, and the real murderer is very cunning, and even laid a suspicion trap. It is estimated that his real poisoning method is more subtle. If the poisoning fails this time, I don't know when the next time will be?"

Ning Fu sighed at the end.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to guard against thieves. Even if the imperial city is heavily guarded, it can still be sparse and sparse, so Ning Fu is also a little worried about the safety of the palace.

In addition, Ning Fu also thought that it was not that Zhao Xu had no sons in history. In fact, it was Concubine Liu Guifei who was pregnant this time and gave birth to a son for Zhao Xu, and based on this son, she was made queen.
Chapter completed!