Chapter 016: The Sudden Death of King Miao Jiang
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However, the scene that Fu Sheng least wanted to see and that surprised everyone still came.
Sun Jie and Fu Sheng were still sitting in the carriage to the Miaojiang Palace, when they heard the big eunuch beside the King of Miaojiang outside come to inform him: "Lord Sun, the king is here, the queen has an order, let the servants come to report, please change into plain clothes and enter the palace again." ”
After the big eunuch finished speaking, he shook off the dust.
The palace maid behind him understood, and immediately sent the prepared plain clothes over.
Sun Jie was stunned, because no one could have imagined that King Miaojiang, who was fine last night, would have this kind of bad news early this morning.
Trembling lips, Sun Jie didn't lift the curtain, afraid that the eunuch would see Fu Sheng's appearance, so he asked directly through the curtain: "What time did you go?" ”
The great eunuch hesitated.
Sun Jie said: "As a subordinate, the old man has the right to know why the king who has been loyal for so long died suddenly? ”
The big eunuch was silent for a moment, walked over slowly, put his head on the side of the carriage curtain, and lowered his voice and said, "Your Excellency apologizes for his sins with death." ”
Sun Jie's face changed, "Apologize for your sins with death?" Where does this 'sin' begin? ”
The chief eunuch said: "The king walked very peacefully, no one noticed anything unusual, until this morning the palace maid went to ask the king to get up and go to the court according to the custom, only to find that he was no longer breathing." ”
Sun Jie's heart trembled.
The big eunuch said: "Before the king died, he left a letter of "Guilty Edict", the servant is just a close servant, he can't know the content of "Guilty Edict", all the details, and please enter the palace to discuss again, the queen is still waiting for you." ”
Sun Jie glanced at Fu Sheng sideways with an inquiring eye, and when he saw him nodding, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since this is the case, then there will be Gonggong Lao to run this trip." ”
Sun Jie said, stretched out his hand to pick up filial piety clothes outside the window, but unexpectedly found that two sets were prepared.
Following Sun Jie's surprised gaze, the big eunuch easily saw Fu Sheng sitting on the other side of the carriage, only to see that his eyelids were half-closed, as if he was sleeping lightly, and he was deaf to everyone's conversation, as if he was isolated in a world that no one could disturb.
The big eunuch retracted his eyes, secretly regretting in his heart, thinking that the queen was going to hold a plum banquet yesterday to choose the county master for the county lord, and the one in the carriage was one in a million whether it was temperament or appearance, but it was a pity...... The county mainly guards the three years of filial piety.
Sun Jie looked at the two sets of plain clothes in his hand, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
Now that the king of Miaojiang has passed away, how can the queen still be sure that he will definitely bring his advisers today?
Sun Jie's incomprehension fell into the eyes of the big eunuch without leakage, and he said: "The queen said that the plum banquet originally invited the son of Lord Sun's mansion, just in case he also came, so he prepared two sets, although it is not the noble son who came with him, but you are also two people, and it is okay to wear filial piety clothes." ”
Sun Jie's brows furrowed even deeper.
King Miao Jiang is just a prince king, how dare he let King Qin dress him in filial piety clothes?
Fu Sheng groaned for a while, stretched out his hand to Sun Jie, and said in a low voice: "He is an elder, and it is nothing for me to wear filial piety for him." ”
Sun Jie handed the plain clothes to Fu Sheng, and the two put the white plain clothes on their bodies in the carriage and entered the palace all the way.
The palace, which had only experienced a great battle between humans and demons two days ago, was now plain, and everywhere was cold white.
Fu Sheng and Sun Jie entered through the east gate according to the courtesy of their subordinates.
Thinking that he was going to kneel later, Sun Jie suddenly sweated all over his forehead.
Fu Sheng walked calmly behind the big eunuch like a person who was fine, and a sneer hooked the corner of his mouth.
Do you kneel down to King Miaojiang? King Miao Jiang is not worthy!
Fu Sheng naturally had a way to avoid kneeling and bowing, but he didn't pay attention to this matter at all, but now he was worried about another thing - the cause of the death of King Miao Jiang.
Since ancient times, there have been only a handful of kings who dared to leave behind the "Edict of Guilt" after death.
Although King Miao Jiang is only a prince king, his life deeds are to be recorded in the history books by historians, once the "crime" on the "Edict of Sin" comes out, then the reputation of his life will be completely ruined.
What's more, King Miao Jiang is not a person who has great enlightenment, and it is absolutely impossible for him to leave behind the "Edict of Sin" that can be criticized by the world after his death.
The only possibility can only be that Yu Yinchen took advantage of everyone's inattention to enter the palace last night.
Thinking of this, Fu Sheng's brows furrowed deeply.
He still remembered that when he cried in his arms for a long time yesterday, he said that Yu Yinchen would help them.
Fu Sheng never expected that Yu Yinchen's movements would be so fast, turning the Miaojiang Palace upside down overnight.
He wasn't surprised by Yu Yinchen's ability, he was just uneasy in his heart.
Because this incident was done by Yu Yinchen, as soon as King Miao Jiang died, the "Edict of Guilt" must have described in the name of King Miao Jiang how he killed his father, killed his brother and sister-in-law, and forced the saint to admit that he was the one who had sex with her.
Yu Yinchen can be regarded as a great favor for Fu Sheng and Xun Jiu, as well as Gong Yi and the Holy Maiden.
This kindness, Fu Sheng and Xun Jiu are far from being able to repay, and what the couple owes him has increased instead of decreasing.
In fact, sometimes, Fu Sheng hoped that it was Yu Yinchen himself who fought with him in the Miaojiang Palace that night, so that he might feel better in his heart and would not feel guilty at this moment, but the death of King Miaojiang made Fu Sheng see the truth clearly.
The person who loves silver purple and has a pair of amber glass eyes because of the phoenix's breath is just Yu Yinchen, not a supporter.
Yu Yinchen will never hurt him, nor will he hurt Xun Jiu, and the person who is full of anger and resentment is a supporter.
Sun Jie is a person with a clear mind, he can feel that His Highness has some worries along the way, but now that there are many people, he doesn't dare to ask questions at will, so he has to walk quietly.
When the two were about to step into the mourning hall, the palace maid beside the queen hurried over and curtsied at Sun Jie, "Lord Sun, the queen is invited." ”
Sun Jie was stunned, at this time, the queen was not in the mourning hall?
Before thinking about it, the palace maid had already turned around, and Sun Jie had no choice but to follow up.
As a "strategist", Fusheng was not allowed to enter the queen's palace without being summoned, so he had to wait outside.
Sun Jie went first to salute the queen.
The queen's face was blue, her eye sockets were deep, she was haggard, and the whole person looked like she was about to collapse, and she played the image of a virtuous wife who had lost her husband vividly, if it weren't for Sun Jie knowing that the queen and the king of Miaojiang were at odds in private because of the provocation of Su Chengtian of Shu, he almost believed that the queen was really sad about the death of King Miaojiang.
"I don't know why Niangniang came to follow the old minister?" The queen didn't speak for a long time, so Sun Jie had to ask out loud.
The queen glanced at Sun Jie, and made a dilemma on her face, "The king is gone, the palace is very sad, and I also want to cry happily after the funeral, but the palace is the lord of the harem, and now the son is still underage, and the palace is weak, and I can't carry the burden of the court alone, so I specially summoned Lord Sun to come to discuss, you are the secretary, a very human minister, and you have to share the worries of the palace, it is enough." ”
Sun Jie pretended not to know at all, and bowed, "I don't know what troubles the queen has encountered?" ”
The queen glanced at the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid understood, and brought the tray on the side to Sun Jie.
Sun Jie looked up, and what was placed in the tray was the "Edict of Sin" left by King Miao Jiang before he died.
Sun Jie opened the scroll according to the queen's instructions, and the content on it was as he expected, King Miao Jiang wrote down that he killed his father and killed his brother and sister-in-law and imprisoned him, and then admitted that he colluded with Su Chengtian, the king of Shu, to put the queen to death, and finally showed that he was enlightened, and then regretted it too late, and was willing to apologize for his sins with death.
Every word written on the scroll is a confession of sin, and every word that spreads can make the people terrify it.
The fingers holding the scroll trembled, and Sun Jie knelt on the ground, "The old minister is terrified!" ”
The queen looked at Sun Jie's reaction with satisfaction, and slowly hooked her lips, "Lord Sun, this palace summoned you just to ask you to participate in the discussion, should this "Guilty Edict" left by the king come out?" ”
Sun Jie secretly said in his heart that the queen was so cunning, although he found that the king of Miao Jiang had not passed away for a long time, but this "Edict of Guilt" was only afraid that it would have been known to everyone in the palace long ago, and at this moment the queen passed on herself, just to let herself testify for her.
If he says that it should not come out, it is to deceive the world and deceive the people of the world, and then the queen will inevitably take this handle and reprimand him fiercely, and the purpose of reprimanding him is to show the officials, in order to block the mouths of those courtiers who oppose the advent of the "Guilty Edict".
Thinking of this, Sun Jie had to praise, the queen is talented!
Sure enough, she is Su Chengji's sister, the county lord of Shu, and her political methods are very handy.
After a moment of silence, Sun Jie said: "The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu when Dayan was founded, and there is Her Majesty the Empress on the king's head, and the matter of "Guilty Edict" will not be hidden for long, if Her Majesty the Empress knows that someone dares to hide it, then the thunder will be furious, and it is very likely that Miao Jiang will be destroyed." ”
Sun Jie's words are extremely official, he did not directly blame King Miao Jiang for making a big mistake, but first pulled out the first Emperor Taizu, and then used the empress of Yanjing as a coercion, the subtext of these words is: The Son of Heaven will be guilty of the same crime as the common people, and King Miao Jiang is just a small prince, he has committed such a big mistake, who dares to shield him, is making the female emperor's rebellion.
Although Sun Jie said it very officially, and she couldn't hear her position between her words, every word was what the queen wanted to hear, she smiled with satisfaction and changed the topic, "Lord Sun, you didn't enter the palace alone today, did you?" ”
Sun Jie hurriedly said: "There is Lao Niangniang's concern, the old minister did bring a person to come, but unfortunately he didn't know that the king had passed away halfway, and the old minister had no choice but to let him follow." ”
Sun Jie said this, but he snorted coldly in his heart, Queen, you have asked people to prepare extra plain clothes for him, and now you are asking me if I am bringing someone here, this ability to pretend to be blind is really enough.
The queen raised her eyebrows, "If this palace is not mistaken, Lord Sun is the least fond of making friends with people, and now I am very curious about what kind of person can make Lord Sun start to warm up." ”
Sun Jie's face did not change, and said: "If you go back to Niangniang, you are a distant relative of Lao Chen." ”
Sun Jie said as he prayed in his heart that His Highness would not kill him because of this.
The queen raised her hand, "Let him in." ”
Immediately, a palace maid went out to report.
After a short time, Fu Sheng came in from outside with slow and calm steps, and bowed to the queen.
The female official beside the queen had sharp eyes and immediately shouted: "Bold! Seeing the queen's mother, she dared not to kneel! ”
The queen glanced at the female officer, who immediately shut up.
Only then did the queen turn her eyes back and squint at Fu Sheng.
Xun Jiu joked before that when Fusheng entered the palace, she must use her exquisite makeup skills to make him ugly, but before leaving this morning, she hesitated again, with such a good-looking face, she couldn't make him ugly at all, so she had to let him enter the palace as it was, and repeatedly warned him not to look at other women.
At that time, Fu Sheng responded with a smile one by one, and felt that the little goblin was very cute when he was jealous.
The queen glanced at Fu Sheng up and down, and said, "Raise your head." ”
Fu Sheng did not hesitate and slowly raised his head.
Suddenly seeing such a god-like face, Rao is queen was married and had children, and she couldn't help but lose her mind for a moment.
"What's your name?" The queen squinted slightly, although the person standing in the main hall was wearing a cold white plain robe, although he only said a word from coming in, but the aura that emanated from all the time around him could not hide from the queen.
This man is extraordinary.
The queen originally prepared a plum banquet, on the surface to choose a horse for her daughter, but in fact to recruit Sun Jie's mansion strategists, today to see this person, the queen was immediately annoyed and remorseful, if the king of Miao Jiang did not die, then her daughter did not have to keep three years of filial piety, she was trying her best to take this person under her command for her use.
At the same time, the queen was secretly happy in her heart, it was okay if King Miao Jiang died like this, since he could do everything without thinking about the love between husband and wife, then she didn't have to be nostalgic for the old love.
Sun Jie pinched a cold sweat in his heart, he was worried that if His Royal Highness reported a fake name, the queen would think that he was really just a common man and then treat him badly.
However, Fusheng's words directly made Sun Jie's whole body freeze in place.
"Fusheng." He simply replied with two words.
This time, the queen changed her face, her body did not sit firmly, and she fell off the phoenix chair all of a sudden, her face full of horror, "You...... What did you say? ”
Sun Jie was clever, lest the queen would question His Royal Highness's identity, so he quickly knelt down in the direction where Fu Sheng was, and shouted in his mouth: "The old minister has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin, His Royal Highness is safe." ”
The queen was stunned and forgot to react, and the female official hurriedly reminded her, "Niangniang, you have lost your temper." ”
The queen came back to her senses in an instant, and this time she didn't dare to be in a high position anymore, so she hurriedly walked down and saluted Fu Sheng, "I've seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”
Fu Sheng raised his eyes, his eyes skimmed over the queen, and he was directly fixed on the "Edict of Guilt" in the gold-painted tray.
The queen's heart was in her throat.
Originally, when Fu Sheng first reported her name, she was suspicious, but when she saw Sun Jie kneeling on the ground, she had to believe it, because she knew that there was no one in the world who dared to pretend to be King Qin.
Now seeing King Qin's eyes looking at the "Edict of Sin", the queen is very worried that King Qin will think that she killed King Miao Jiang single-handedly.
Because, as soon as King Miaojiang died, she was the one who benefited the most.
Fu Sheng beckoned, "Take the "Guilty Edict" to this king and take a look." ”
Immediately, a palace maid respectfully took the scroll.
Fu Sheng opened it and took a look, it listed the big and small crimes committed by King Miao Jiang in his life, the handwriting was that of King Miao Jiang himself, and the seal was also that of King Miao Jiang.
After pondering for a moment, Fu Sheng said: "This thing, this king will take it directly to Yanjing." ”
The queen bowed her head and didn't dare to say more, King Miao Jiang committed such a big crime, so naturally he had to be handed over to the Empress Yanjing for adjudication.
What she is most concerned about now is whether King Qin will implicate her because of the crime of King Miao Jiang, and finally let her son lose his inheritance.
Fu Sheng knew the queen's thoughts, but he didn't rush to discuss this matter, he just looked at the queen with a smile, "Do you know that Su Jian has returned to Shu?" ”
"Yes." The queen nodded.
It is precisely because Su Jian returned to Shu that she wants to let the Shu forces in her hands go back to help Su Jian regain power from Su Chengtian's old thief, but all this was mistaken by King Miao Jiang that she had different intentions, and the gap between the husband and wife began, only increasing, and now, the relationship between husband and wife back then has long been gone.
Fu Sheng said: "This king will give you a chance now, you will personally take the forces of Shu in your hands to go back to help Su Jian, and reveal the truth about Su Chengtian's burning of the palace to the world, if you succeed, this king will let the prince succeed to the throne smoothly, but if you are defeated, then the throne of this Miao Jiang should be inherited by the real son Helan Xun." ”
The queen's face changed slightly, and she glanced at King Qin in confusion, unable to guess whether King Qin was helping her or harming her with this move.
Fu Sheng naturally wants to help the queen, but he has always left a bottom line in his work, and he will never tell the queen that he will help her, the reason why he wants to threaten in this way is to test the queen's ability, and the second is to remind the queen that even if the son succeeds to the throne in the future, she has successfully become the queen mother, and there is also an empress and a king of Qin on the top, if she dares to act wantonly, then Miao Jiang will be destroyed only in the day.
The queen's expression was grim, and she bowed her head and said, "The courtiers obey the order." ”
Before leaving, Fu Sheng warned the queen, "I don't want to leak any rumors about this king's coming to Miaojiang." ”
The queen nodded hurriedly, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will definitely let people block the news." ”
When Fu Sheng came back, Xun Jiu already knew about King Miao Jiang's death to apologize, so she hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Ah Sheng, how is the situation in the palace now?" ”
Fu Sheng smiled gently, "It's okay." ”
Hearing this answer, Xun Jiu was relieved, and he was not in a hurry to ask, he first dragged him back to the room to let people set the meal, and then asked after Fusheng finished eating: "What happened?" ”
Fu Sheng's eyes were faint, and he said slowly: "It's Yu Yinchen." ”
Xun Jiu was stunned.
"It was he who entered the palace last night and used soul dementorship to make King Miao Jiang personally write down the evidence of his guilt on the edict, and let him sleep and never wake up again."
Fu Sheng's emotionless words made Xun Jiu fall into an ice cellar.
Unexpectedly, she just mentioned it yesterday, and Yu Yinchen didn't even have time to react before entering the palace to kill King Miao Jiang.
Spirituality......
"The soul dementorship is a forbidden technique of the Yuzhen clan, he is seriously injured, what will happen if he uses it?"
Xun Jiu's face was full of anxiety, that person, he couldn't get hurt for her anymore.
Fu Sheng took a deep breath, "If you are not careful, you will be counterattacked." ”
Xun Jiu's face was like ashes.
Fu Yanzhi's demonic nature is still there, Yu Yinchen will not die, there is no doubt about this, but he will be injured, and when he is injured, it will hurt like a normal person.
"No, I'll go see him!" Xun Jiu remembered that she had been worried about Fusheng all morning, and she hadn't gone to see Yu Yinchen, so she stood up all of a sudden.
If Xun Jiu was worried about another man in front of Fu Sheng like this, he would definitely be jealous, but now, he can completely understand her, so he didn't say much, and stood up with Xun Jiu and went out of the room to find Yu Yinchen.
However, after knocking on the door for a long time, there was no response inside.
Fu Sheng frowned, raised his foot and kicked the door open, it was empty, the brocade mattress was neatly stacked, the bed was cold, and there was no trace of temperature, proving that no one had come up to sleep.
Xun Jiu's heart sank to the bottom suddenly, she looked at Fu Sheng, her eyes were firm, "Let's go find him." ”
As soon as the two of them stepped out of the gate of Sun's mansion, Sun Jie hurriedly came to report, "Your Highness, there is news from the queen's side, saying that there is a secret letter from Shu State, and the queen invites you to enter the palace to discuss." ”
Fu Sheng pursed his lips slightly.
Xun Jiu said: "Ah Sheng, you go, I'll go to Yu Yinchen alone." ”
"But......" Fu Sheng looked worried.
"Don't worry." Xun Jiuguan'er, "Although I don't have your profound spiritual power, I have Fengxi's fists and feet, and I still have the ability to protect myself." ”
Fu Sheng still disagreed, "I'll let Gong Yi accompany you." ”
Xun Jiu knew that he couldn't resist him, so he had to nod and agree.
Fu Sheng asked Sun Jie to go back to his house to inform Gong Yi.
Tao Yaoyao and Ruan Mianmian soon learned about it, and both of them expressed their willingness to go out to help find Yu Yinchen.
Fu Sheng worries about Ding Ding's safety.
Ruan Mianmian said: "Now that King Miao Jiang is dead, Fu Yanzhi will not come out for the time being, Ding Ding will not be in danger, I can send him to the inn to the West Palace first." ”
Fu Sheng thought about it and felt that if Yu Yinchen wanted to hide, such a few people might not be able to find it smoothly for a while, and multiple people were also good, so he simply agreed.
Everyone picked horses and waited outside the gate of Sun's mansion.
Ruan Mianmian quickly went to the inn with Ding Ding.
Xigong Liangren's face changed greatly after hearing this, Huo Ran stood up, "What did you say?" The old god stick is gone? ”
Ruan Mianmian was taken aback by him, but she still stubbornly said: "Yes, I came here to let you watch Ding Ding, and I accompanied Princess Qin to find them." ”
"No way!" Xigong completely disagreed, "Don't go if you are a woman, take care of Ding Ding here, and I will go to find it myself." ”
After getting along for so long, Xigong Liangren has long regarded Fusheng and Yu Yinchen as good brothers, even if it is not for Yu Yinchen to open up his talents, he will not stand idly by in this matter.
Ruan Mianmian wanted to say more, but Xigong Liangren directly interrupted her, "This matter has been decided, you must take care of Ding Ding, and you don't have to worry about the rest of the matter." ”
Ruan Mianmian rolled her eyes, "If you don't go, you won't go, stay here, I'm also happy." ”
The Xigong Liangren didn't say a word, and hurriedly went downstairs and rode on a horse to Sun's mansion.
Everyone was not surprised by the fact that Nishinomiya Liangren came in person, and after the convergence, they all rode on horseback.
Xun Jiu said: "Lord Sun has sent people to look for it secretly in the capital, a few of us don't stay in the city, I think so, all scattered, I am alone, Gong Yi and Xiaoyao, Xigong divided into three groups of people to go to the three city gates, and the remaining one will be handed over to Lord Sun's guards, so it will be faster to find." ”
Xigong Liangren looked at Xun Jiu suspiciously, "You don't have martial arts, you go alone, King Qin, he will rest assured?" ”
Xun Jiu raised his eyebrows, "Who told you that I don't have martial arts?" ”
Xigong Liangren thought about it carefully, and thought of the original handout to deal with the blackbird in Xun Jiu in the Ghost Forest, and suddenly realized that this girl had no spiritual power after recovering her memory, but instead restored Feng Xi's superb fist and foot skills.
Xun Jiu didn't have much time to delay, and made a final decision, "Just do what I say, three groups of people, go in three different directions, and the person who finds it first will return to Sun's Mansion to set off fireworks as a prompt." ”
The men stopped arguing and rode their horses in three different directions.
Xun Jiu didn't know why, she always felt that Yu Yinchen would definitely not stay in the city after being seriously injured, so she put forward the idea of letting people go out of the city to find it, in fact, she was at a loss in her mind, and she didn't know where to start.
Xun Jiu galloped all the way towards the West City Gate, the horse's hooves brought up countless smoke and dust, and she quickly thought about the most likely place for Yu Yinchen in her mind while riding the horse.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through her head.