Chapter Ninety-One: Turmoil in the Qiang Kingdom
"Back to the Queen Mother, this is because Wei Dong already has a wife. It was Jiang Tao who took the lead in telling the truth.
"It's okay to have a wife? You can let Wei Dong directly divorce his eldest wife or give up the position of eldest wife, just do it. The Queen Mother replied directly and domineeringly.
"Mother, it's still a bit difficult. Do you know who Wei Dong's current wife is?" Emperor Zhao Yun couldn't help but ask the Queen Mother.
"Oh, is there a reason for this? Your Majesty, you will tell the mourners in detail. The Queen Mother was very surprised when she heard Zhao Yun's rhetorical question.
"Alas, I will tell the Queen Mother in detail about this reason!" His Majesty the Emperor told the Queen Mother the news he had collected from secret agents from all over the world a few days ago without reservation.
After hearing this, the Queen Mother suddenly realized, "This matter is because the mourning family is anxious, I thought that Ling'er was not young, and I wanted to win over that Wei Dong for Your Majesty, but according to what Your Majesty just said, I feel that this person's experience is quite complicated! Your Majesty, are you sure? Is Wei Dong of the Jin Kingdom the same person as Wei Dong now? You still need to ask for clarification." ”
"Yes, Queen Mother. You are thinking about me, and I am very moved. Tomorrow, I will issue an order to spread that Wei Dong will enter the palace the day after tomorrow to meet and be sealed. Do you think it?" Emperor Zhao Yun walked down the stairs and waved at the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing here? There is only one son in the mourning family, who else can you do if you don't think about you?" The Queen Mother hurriedly got down and helped Emperor Zhao Yun up.
"Thank you, Queen Mother. I thought about testing Wei Dong's knowledge on the top of the main hall to facilitate the reward in the future. What do you think?" Emperor Zhao Yun asked respectfully to the Queen Mother.
"Your Majesty is in charge. After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she pulled the Jiang brothers to chat.
In the early morning of the next day, the sky of the capital was still dominated by dots of stars, and their blinking eyes greeted the dawn with a smile and a cry.
Emperor Zhao Yun was still asleep, and was suddenly awakened by a rapid voice, and he couldn't help but be furious. The eunuch who woke him up fell to his knees in fright and kowtowed desperately, "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry, just now the Criminal Department came to report, Prince Ying, he, he was beheaded and murdered in the study in his palace, along with Wang De, the eldest son of the loyal and brave old horse." ”
"What?" Zhao Yun listened, his whole body was full of excitement, and he was completely sleepy, "You mean, the two of them were killed in the study in the mansion, but the murderer can be caught?"
"Not yet, the Criminal Department is strictly investigating. The eunuch replied tremblingly.
"Then, who is outside in the Criminal Department now?" Emperor Zhao Yun hurriedly got up and changed his clothes.
"It's Li Dexian, the secretary of the Criminal Department. ”
"Send him in and see me. ”
"Greetings, long live my emperor, long live, long live. Li Dexian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, entered the door and knelt down to kowtow.
"Aiqing is exempt. ”
"Your Majesty, in this Ying Prince's Mansion, Lord Yang has blocked the scene on the spot and arranged for his subordinates to inquire one by one, but so far nothing has been found. Li Dexian got up and said to Emperor Zhao Yun.
"Is that Yang Jun? Is he here? Xuan he came in, I want to inquire in detail. Zhao Yun looked at Li Dexian with an indifferent expression.
The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was trembling when the emperor saw it, and immediately stepped aside and stood with his hands tied.
Not long after, Yang Jun, the servant of the Criminal Department, also came in and met Emperor Zhao Yun. After visiting the shrine, Zhao Yun asked: "Yang Qing, you have been to the scene of the crime, you can talk about it." ”
"Back to Your Majesty, this case is quite unbelievable, Prince Ying and Lord Wang were discussing important matters in the study, there were guards at the door, the doors and windows were closed, there was no sign of opening, and no one saw anyone entering, so they were both beheaded in the house. Yang Shilang shook his head and thought back to the shock at that time.
"What about the roof? Emperor Zhao Yun asked urgently.
"That study is on the ground floor, and there are two and three floors above it. We've also gone up and surveyed, and the floors are intact. Yang Shilang still shook his head.
The assassination of the prince was just a fuse, although Emperor Zhao Yun tried his best to find clues to solve the case, but it was like being in the clouds and fog, and there was no clue to follow. So there is a kind of rumor among the people that the emperor sent someone to assassinate the prince to seize power.
Indeed, since Emperor Zhao Yun ascended the throne, he has been restrained by this imperial uncle, and the two have competed with each other and refused to back down.
These days, there is a lot of panic in the capital, especially those ministers: some of them were originally following the emperor's faction, and they were secretly rejoicing and proud at this time; some were people who followed Prince Ying, and at this time they wanted to re-stand and show their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor; and even some were diehard loyalists of Prince Ying, and now they were thinking of breaking the net.
Hundreds of people have a hundred hearts, not to mention these ministers who hold real power. Prince Ying has no sons, only two daughters, the eldest daughter is married to a new soldier in the army, and is now visiting her husband at Beidi Border Pass. The second daughter married the eldest son of the Ministry of Justice.
Of course, Wei Dong, the perpetrator of the whole incident, did not know about these miscellaneous relationships, and was waiting in the 'Yakeju Inn' to be summoned by His Majesty the Emperor. But the wait was seven days, and there was no news. I want to ask the Jiang brothers, but I haven't seen these two brothers these days, and I don't know what they're busy with?
"You say, this is really God's eyes, Prince Naying has been coaxing all the time, why was he chopped off all of a sudden, it really makes me feel comfortable!" Master Ma said to Ma Yunlu in the living room of the small building, but his eyes kept looking at Wei Dong.
"Master, after so many days, Your Majesty didn't summon Gongzi Wei, didn't you forget?"
"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, isn't this a shock from the government and the opposition! Your Majesty needs to integrate his subordinate officials, and he must have been busy these days, so how can he think of me. Wei Dong looked at Ni Shang very open-mindedly.
"You must be busy, haven't you been able to see the Jiang brothers for the past two days? At this time, more than one person, more than one force. If you don't show loyalty at this time, when will you show it!" Ma Yunlu was also there and said cool words.
Everyone was talking lively, and suddenly rushed into an inn waiter from outside, and shouted loudly: "Master Wei, there is a father-in-law in the palace, let you go to the gate quickly and receive the order!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately overjoyed, and hugged Wei Dong and rushed out of the door.
"Wei Dong received the order: 'Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, order Baisheng warriors, Wei Dong will enter the palace early tomorrow and be sealed. A father-in-law, dressed in the costume of a eunuch in the palace, was reading the holy decree in public at the door of the inn.
"Okay, Yum Warriors, Yum Warriors...... Wei Dong, Wei Dong, Wei Dong...... "The crowd of onlookers at the gate gathered more and more, cheering for Wei Dong together.
After the father-in-law read the holy decree, he politely came to Wei Dong, "Warrior Wei Dong, congratulations!"
"Oh, there's Father-in-law Lao, come, a little meaning, not a respect. Wei Dong handed it to his father-in-law, a red bag that Ma Yunlu had prepared a long time ago - there were ten taels of gold in it.
"Warrior Wei is polite, then, I might as well be respectful. Hehe" The father-in-law took the red bag with a smile, weighed it, and smiled even brighter.
When Wei Dong and the others were waiting for the news of the summons in the inn, waiting to the point of boredom, the situation in the capital had actually changed many times.
The official department Shangshu and Prince Ying are in-laws, and they have been in charge of state officials for Prince Ying for many years, and now that Prince Ying is dead, they are struggling, so they simply want to bring a huge amount of money to the second son-in-law of Prince Ying - the town guard general near the Beidi border pass, Hu Yanlie.
It's a pity that he was betrayed by the people in the palace, and the whole family was killed by the Praetorian Guards sent by Emperor Zhao Yun on the way to escape. Zhao Yun also made a quick decision and killed many of Prince Ying's diehard henchmen.
Later, it was rumored that Hu Yanlie rebelled against the Great Qiang State in desperation and surrendered to Beidi. This Beidi didn't know what luck he had taken, first he took Wei Wuji's border pass of the Jin State, and now he took the border pass of the Qiang State, all of which did not cost a single soldier or a horse, and even collected two border defense cities, and his strength suddenly soared.
The great changes that have taken place in the capital these days, Wei Dong occasionally learned from the mouths of Master Ma and Ma Yunlu, but he didn't care, the change of the dynasty, he had already experienced it twice, and it was no wonder, what he paid most attention to now was his own strength, what could be said was fake, and the improvement of his own strength was really real.
It was another early morning, and before dawn, Wei Dong had already practiced boxing and knife techniques. Dressed neatly, accompanied by Ma Yunlu, he went to the main hall of the Baiguan Early Dynasty under the leadership of a team of guards.
I waited in the waiting area early in the morning, until the sky was bright and the sun shone three times, and no one was called.
Ma Yunlu kept walking around the room in a hurry, and sighed from time to time.
Wei Dongduan sat on a big chair and said jokingly: "Don't turn in circles again, my eldest lady, turn again, my head will be dizzy by you." What are you anxious about? Look, I'm not in a hurry. ”
"You ......" Ma Yunlu glared at Wei Dong, and a fierce word was forcibly held back.
"Haha......" Wei Dong suddenly laughed.
"Xuan, the warrior of fighting martial arts - Wei Dong, enter the palace and meet my emperor!"
"Xuan Weidong enters the palace!"
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Wei Dong got up, straightened his head, and straightened his shirt. Ma Yunlu is also helping to sort it out.
"Alright, I'll go in first. You're waiting here, it should be soon. Wei Dong patted Ma Yunlu on the shoulder, "Let's drink together at night." Hehe. ”
Wei Dong followed the eunuch who led the way to the gate of the main hall and waited for the emperor's summons again. Standing for a long time, but he didn't see the words inside, Wei Dong pretended to bow his head, but in fact, he pricked up his ears, and heard that there seemed to be a fierce debate inside, that is, about Hu Yanlie's border pass. I see. ’
Wei Dong understood what he said after listening to it for a while, and he was secretly thinking about it in his heart.
"Xuan, Wei Dong warrior, enter the palace!"
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Wei Dong, who was thinking about it, was suddenly secretly patted on the waist by the eunuch next to him, 'oh' raised his head suddenly, flicked his sleeves, and strode into the hall, "Untouchables, Wei Dong, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"