The fog fills the rivers and mountains, the breeze blows through the bamboo forest and blows the bamboo leaves in the forest, and the rising sun slowly rises, and the time is already early in the morning.

Li Qinghai is worthy of being a Confucian master, and the three of them rested for a while after eating breakfast in the mountains, and then continued to get on their horses and go straight to the Southern Ming Kingdom.

As for the things in Qianyun City, they have long been forgotten, and the cultivation path is also known as the Taishang Ruthless Dao, and the lives of the brothers around them may still be able to attract their attention, but the lives of these enemies are obviously not enough to affect their mood for a long time.

The only thing Chen Linci is curious about is that the employer behind the assassination of the sword mound is which big man is it, Chen Linci understands that those people under the hands of the sword mound Guan Yeke are not qualified to know the identity of the employer, and the sword mound has strict rules, and it is impossible for Guan Yeke to reveal the identity of the employer to his own people.

At the beginning, Chen Linci ruled out Qingyang Palace in his heart, in addition to Qingyang Palace, Xuanshi Mountain didn't know the relationship between himself and Master Yang Xiudao, and he didn't have the motive to do it, so in addition to the two ancestral courts of the Daomen, what enemies did he have on this continent?

When he thought of these three words, Chen Linci immediately shook his head, the sect master of the Jade Gate Sect was not as strong as Guan Yeke, and he couldn't afford to pay such a big price to invite these people who had to move the sword mound to kill him, the more Chen Linci thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, the more he couldn't figure it out, the more he couldn't figure it out, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't come up with a clue.

Fang Bozhou sat on the horse and didn't know what he was thinking, it was obvious that Master Li Qinghai's words beside the bamboo forest in Chengzhai Mountain had caused him a lot of touch, and he was probably still digesting the things that came to mind in his heart, Master Li Qinghai looked at his two students with a smile of satisfaction.

Everyone wants to kill, and I have mercy on them. With these two sons, why is Qingfeng Dojo not happy?

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Li Qinghai, Chen Linci and Fang Bozhou can do not disturb the dozens of corpses in the Qianyun City Inn, but as the supreme administrator of Qianyun City, Lord Xie Baoshu Xie can't do their kind of realm, if he can be lucky enough to meet Lord Cao Jiahao of Ying Tianfu, he will definitely be able to empathize with the words of drinking and talking all night, because his mood at this time is almost the same as that of Cao Jiahao outside Pear Blossom Lane back then, but at the beginning, there was still a national teacher above Cao Jiahao, and now the national teacher has already returned to the sea of stars, who else can help Xie Baoshu？

According to the laws of the Great Chu State, if there are more than three victims, it is already a major case, Xie Baoshu sent a servant to investigate, in this Qianyun Inn, there are more than 30 corpses lying all the time, and in the back, there are some old shopkeepers and guys who are buried in the soil, Xie Baoshu is so frightened that he is in a cold sweat, not because he is afraid of seeing these corpses, but the three of them are considered to be a major case, what are the more than 30 people? Xie Baoshu didn't dare to imagine that this kind of thing was happening now, let alone the black yarn hat, his biggest wish now was to save his life from prison.

At this time, he had already greeted all the women in the eighteenth generation of the murderer's ancestors in his heart, but the matter had come to this point, and he could only accept the reality helplessly, so he hurriedly sent the head catcher and the servant to start cleaning up the scene.

After moving all the corpses to Yizhuang and preserving the scene, Xie Baoshu personally put a seal on the lively Qianyun Inn in the past, and his heart also sank to the bottom with the last seal.

However, the government has been investigating for a long time, except for the identity of the old shopkeeper and the body's body

In addition, the identities of the remaining thirty or so corpses were not found, and there was no one in Qianyun City, so Xie Baoshu began to contact the surrounding cities and began to expand the scope, but he still found nothing.

After checking again, Ying Tiancheng was found, Xie Baoshu sighed helplessly, and now, this case is no longer something he can be responsible for. So he had no choice but to send your most powerful catcher, who was the most powerful under his hands, to report the case to the imperial court, and let the above send someone down to solve the case.

However, the head arrester did not bring the person who solved the case, but only brought a piece of news that shocked the entire Chu State.

In the summer of the forty-sixth year of Tianxi, His Majesty the Emperor, Zhao Xixuan, who had been lying on the Star Picking Tower for half a year, died.

The imperial doctor once asserted that His Majesty could last until the beginning of spring next year at most, but I don't know if it was because the imperial doctor was afraid that he would hide it, or because His Majesty himself didn't want to hold on any longer, it was just summer, and Chen Linqi had not left the Chu State for a few days, and this kind old man had already left the world.

In less than half a year, the National Teacher and His Majesty the Emperor died one after another, and the two dragon jade pillars that supported the sky in the Great Chu Kingdom all collapsed, and the entire country had not yet reacted from the grief of the National Teacher's soul returning to the sea of stars, so it plunged headlong into the grief caused by the death of His Majesty the Emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor Tianxi reigned for forty-six years, which was the most prosperous forty-six years of the Great Chu State, the first emperor liked to kill and kill good martial arts, and all the deficits caused to the country in the past few decades were made up in the years of the Tianxi Era, and the people were well clothed and well-stocked, and they also left a solid foundation for the future new emperor.

Although many people have left behind the words of weakness and indulging in beauty, these cannot affect the merits left by His Majesty the Emperor.

On the Jinluan Palace, all the officials are dressed in sackcloth, His Majesty the Emperor died on the Star Picking Tower, and the dragon body has already been moved from Wang Shulin's husband to the Jinluan Palace, where Emperor Taizong has been lying, Emperor Wenzong has been lying, Emperor Chengzu has been lying, and now it is finally Zhao Xixuan's turn.

The queen mother and Concubine Anqi knelt beside the coffin, crying already pear blossoms and rain without the slightest dignified appearance, Zhao Tianyuan and Zhao Tianming The three princes knelt in the middle wearing linen and filial piety, Wang Shulin's husband held the dust in his hand, his eyes were red, but he couldn't leave a tear down.

At the beginning, outside the White Tiger Gate, it was he who carried the corpse of the national teacher back in the heavy rain, and now on the Star Picking Tower, it is also he who carried the body of His Majesty the Emperor to the Jinluan Palace, and he personally sent away the golden partner of the Great Chu State, and also witnessed the complete passing of an era.

In fact, in his heart, he had already been prepared, and he had served His Majesty the Emperor on the Star Picking Tower for more than half a year, and he knew the situation of His Majesty's body and bones better than anyone else, but when this day really came, everything was still so unacceptable.

The news of the death of His Majesty the Emperor soon spread throughout the Chu State, almost all the people spontaneously hung up white silk for His Majesty in front of the door, the Cullinan Era is a total of forty-six years, this is really a too long number, for many people, their lives are covered in this number, they are born to grow up and then to adults into the society, what they hear in their ears is the name of His Majesty the Emperor, although the vast majority of them do not have the opportunity to see the legendary existence of the high, but it does not affect them in their hearts to regard His Majesty the Emperor as a spiritual belief。

And today, that faith has collapsed.

Some elderly people still vaguely remember the national funeral in the Great Chu Kingdom forty-six years ago.

The scene when His Majesty Emperor Hongxi died, I couldn't help but cry, and told my children and grandchildren on crutches, when Hong Xiye died, my old man was just a hairy boy, and now this time has passed in a blink of an eye for more than forty years, old man, I watched His Majesty succeed to the throne with my own eyes, and the Great Chu Kingdom entered the Tianxi era from the Hongxi era, but I didn't expect to live to see the end of the Tianxi era.

Speaking of this, there are bursts of crying, those high-ranking officials and scholars dare to talk about the weakness of His Majesty's temperament and indulgence in beauty, but these farmers who farm the land have really felt the changes in the past forty years, their granaries are becoming more and more abundant, and the taxes are getting lighter and lighter, all of which are due to His Majesty the Emperor Tianxi's policy of resting with the people, and they naturally have a very strong sense of gratitude in their hearts for the supreme existence.

In an instant, the entire Chu country fell into sorrow, and many people even spontaneously took action, organized sacrificial activities, and wrote all their blessings to His Majesty Zhao Xixuan on the Kong Ming lantern, and then lit it at night and released it, praying that His Majesty could receive these thoughts and blessings from the world in heaven.

But the civil and military officials in the court, in addition to the sadness caused by His Majesty's death, still have their own little calculations in their hearts.

At the end of one era, another era is destined to rise, and when the two eras alternate, it is inevitable that there will be storms and waves.

His Majesty Tianxi Xuan has a total of three sons, all of whom are dragons and phoenixes among people, no matter who finally ascends the throne, on the basis of the accumulation of forty-six years of the Tianxi era, they will surely become a generation of saints who will be famous for thousands of years, but the problem is also here, but if one of the three is not good, the final attribution of the throne will have a result, and now the three of them are dragons and phoenixes among people, and the result of everyone is that everyone can't do it, no matter who comes to power, I'm afraid the other two will not be convinced.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that His Majesty has always tended to pass the throne to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and even admitted this matter in person, but the bad thing is that no one thought that His Majesty would leave so suddenly, including His Majesty himself, and he didn't even leave a testament to the throne, and he died.

There are still people who rebel and rebel against the edict, not to mention that there is no edict now, the eldest prince's uncontrollable heart instantly became restless.

The state funeral ceremony of His Majesty Zhao Xixuan began as scheduled, and the people in the entire Yingtian City and many surrounding counties, the hundred officials of the Great Chu State and the lords of the family clans, and the envoys of the surrounding countries all came to the imperial tomb to see His Majesty's last journey, and after all the ceremonies were held, the eldest prince hurriedly returned to his Qingwang Mansion.

The state funeral has ended, his father has been buried in the ground, and now there is a vacuum on the throne.

Although the second child is a descendant, but he has never had the intention of competing for the throne, Zhao Tianyi has already thought in his heart, he is the eldest son of his father, no matter how he calculates, he has more reasons and qualifications than Zhao Tianming to inherit the throne.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianyi's mood was also much better, he stepped into his palace, and was about to ask the housekeeper to order his people to come over to discuss important matters, when he saw several familiar and unfamiliar faces.

The reason why he said familiar was because he knew who these people were, and the reason why he said strange was because they had never had any intersection with each other at all.

Lord Zhou Yu, the head of the Huaihe Zhou family, smiled, looked at His Royal Highness the Great Prince Zhao Tianyi with a stunned face, and slowly saluted: "Zhou Yu of the Huaihe Zhou family, meet His Royal Highness." ”