Chapter 44: Gone

Zhou Chengzhen ran away?

As soon as he was about to find out who poisoned the emperor, he ran away, doesn't this show that he is a thief? Isn't this clear that people want to check on him?

"Before, it was the pill, everyone didn't think much about it, but now that I know that the pill is non-toxic, plus his mobilization of soldiers and horses from other places, he must be the most suspicious." He whispered, "Don't talk about these people in the palace, your mother suddenly entered Beijing, and your grandfather and I knew that there was a problem, so I followed after him." ”

Speaking of this, I am a little afraid.

"Fortunately, you stopped her, and you were quick to see the problem and deal with it in advance, otherwise this time our Xie family, no, our Xie family's nine clans would be finished."

Xie Roujia sneered.

"Where am I quick-minded?" She said that she was only lucky to have experienced it once, and it was really vigilant that Mrs. Xie had to come to alchemy.

The shouts of the guards were heard again.

"Niangniang, the First Emperor Ding is gone."

The First Emperor?

Xie Roujia and Xie Wenjun glanced at each other.

"He's also for immortality?" Xie Wenjun asked in a low voice.

Xie Roujia subconsciously shook her head.

He's not that kind of person.

Thoughts flashed and he smiled bitterly, who knows what kind of person he is, look at these things he has done.

There was an angry shout from the Queen Mother.

"Sure enough, he did it, so many guards, the palace gate is banned, the capital is banned, where else can he run?"

The king of Dongping County, who was released, hurried over.

"Mother, he has an external response. And a retreat has certainly been arranged. He said.

The Queen Mother caught him in tears.

"Why did he harm Your Majesty, how good Your Majesty is to him, he has been made the prince, he is really like his grandfather, wolf-hearted." She cried.

"Maybe it's because Your Majesty wants to cultivate immortality." Dongping County King said.

What does Xiu Changsheng have to do with him?

The Queen Mother was stunned, but no, the emperor is immortal, and what is the matter with him, the prince.

"That immortality, how is it possible!" She was angry and anxious.

Although the Queen Mother is an old woman who worships Buddha and worships God, she does not believe in immortality in her heart. The ridiculous emperor is a man who has been in power for decades by studying. But he couldn't escape this ridiculous obsession.

"Who knows what he thinks." King Dongping said, "He has been like this since he was a child, and he never knows what he thinks, but no matter what he thinks." He shouldn't have done anything like that. ”

The five princes are already arranging for people to arrest and pursue.

"Keep looking. Find out how His Majesty was killed. The Queen Mother raised her hand to wipe away her tears. commanded.

But until the evening, the people in the emperor's dormitory were interrogated countless times and came to two conclusions, either the frosted water that His Majesty drank at that time. Either it was the third chamberlain who came into contact with that Pure Heart Pill in addition to Xie Roujia and the Emperor.

The waiter who collected the frosted water was beaten half to death and couldn't say anything, while the waiter who took the plate from Xie Roujia and gave the pill was cleanly freed from the restraints and died in the house.

This made everyone believe that he was an insider, but the clue was cut off.

Although the truth has not yet been revealed, it can definitely have nothing to do with alchemy, so the five princes asked the queen mother and the ministers to decide to let go of the Xie family's people and Xuan Zhenzi and other Taoist priests.

Although it is not a good reputation to eat pills and die by being murdered, in view of the fact that being murdered can convict the crown prince Zhou Chengzhen, the queen mother and the courtiers finally agreed to release the people of the Xie family and the Taoist priests, saying that the emperor was suddenly ill, so they had to invite the people of the Xie family and Xuan Zhenzi to pray for blessings.

The king of Dongping sent Xie Roujia out of the palace gate.

Xie Roujia knew that he couldn't go back now, Zhou Chengzhen was on the run, the emperor's funeral, and more importantly, the selection of the new emperor had made the court turbulent.

"Do you need my help tracking down Zhou Chengzhen?" Xie Roujia asked.

The king of Dongping shook his head at her.

"No, these things come from the government and the court, and we can't help much." He said.

Can't you help?

Or rather, they don't care.

Just listen to his arrangement, Xie Roujia nodded and didn't say anything more.

"I won't go to the palace with you." Xie Wenjun stepped forward and said, and looked at Mrs. Xie again.

After two days and one night, Mrs. Xie was ten years old, depressed, and her eyes were blank.

Xie Wenjun meant to look at her, so as not to cause trouble again.

Xie Roujia nodded.

"I'll go see Shao Mingqing first." She said.

"Go ahead, he must be freaked out." Xie Wenjun said.

"It's not that he's frightened, he must be worried about us." Xie Roujia said.

Because the capital is still enforcing a ban, it is not advisable to stay in front of the palace gate for long.

"We'll talk about it in detail tomorrow when the ban is lifted." Xie Roujia said, and waved his hand to the king of Dongping County again while getting into the car.

The king of Dongping turned his head to Xie Wenjun and went back to the palace.

Mrs. Xie, who had been standing silently on the side, walked over.

"Did you already know?" She asked in a hoarse voice.

Xie Roujia glanced at her.

"What do you know, but what if you don't know?" She asked.

Mrs. Xie's expression became excited.

"I know why you didn't tell you, did you just want us to see how good you are, did you just want to prove that I have no ability, only you can save the Xie family, so you just don't tell me." She said incoherently.

Xie Wenjun broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly grabbed her.

"Sister-in-law, don't make trouble anymore." He whispered, looking at the guards around him.

The guards were all blank and didn't seem to hear them.

"It's His Highness's people." Xie Roujia comforted Xie Wenjun, and looked at Mrs. Xie again, "If I say it, do you believe it, Mrs. Xie?" ”

Mrs. Xie's expression froze.

"As I said, you will still think that I will stop you again, I will prove that I am more capable than you, and think that I will rob you of your glory." Xie Roujia said, "Mother, you never believed me, and you still questioned me why I didn't tell you. ”

Mother.

This title has not been said from Xie Roujia's mouth for a long time, and Xie Wenjun only felt sad when he heard it. Turned his head.

Mrs. Xie's body trembled.

"Also, I don't need to talk about it." Xie Roujia continued, "Out of the sand and out of the Dan, Mrs. Xie, do you think the words left by the ancestors are casual? ”

Mrs. Xie opened her mouth and finally said nothing.

"If something happens, don't always think about what happened to someone else, think about what you did first." Xie Roujia said, got into the car, and went away surrounded by the guards.

Mrs. Xie stretched out her hand to cover her mouth and whimpered, and the person could barely stand.

Xie Wenjun sighed with a complicated expression. He stepped forward and helped her into the carriage and left.

Twilight is misty. The palace is lit up one by one.

The emperor's funeral, the arrest of Zhou Chengzhen, and the affairs of the court, the king of Dongping County resolutely refused the queen mother's request and did not participate in it.

"These things are still done by the princes." He said euphemistically to the Queen Mother.

Especially the Five Princes.

The Queen Mother's heart is clear, since today's actions of the five princes in the emperor's bedroom. After the emperor entered the earth. He is already foolproof as the new emperor.

Now is the time for him to add to his exploits and win back the hearts and minds of the people.

"You stopped the soldiers and horses that were controlled by the father and son of the king of Zhenbei in time. didn't let them enter Beijing, otherwise even if they knew that the pill was non-toxic, no one would be able to defeat Zhou Chengzhen. The Queen Mother sighed.

"It's the duty of a minister." Dongping County King said.

"So be it. Your Majesty's poisoning is still up to you to continue the investigation. The Queen Mother thought for a while and said.

This matter is well known to everyone, that is, there is no evidence, whether there is evidence in the end or not, it will be announced as Zhou Chengzhen's evil deeds in the end, and the king of Dongping County will also be rewarded as a hero.

This is a matter of free credit that can only be done by the Empress Dowager and the new emperor's trust.

This can be regarded as a thank you gift to the king of Dongping County.

The king of Dongping sat indoors, looking through the records of the inquiring chamberlains.

"This Wang Decai has served here for more than ten years." The waiter on the side said.

Wang Decai is the chamberlain who was killed when he was questioned about holding the pill for His Majesty.

"He has always been honest and competitive, and he has never been punished by His Majesty, but His Majesty is very good to him, because he can play beans to make His Majesty happy, and he once wanted to promote him, and he thanked him." The chamberlain continued, "I really don't understand..."

"What did you say?" The king of Dongping County interrupted him and asked.

The chamberlain was stunned.

"The slave said she couldn't understand how he could do such a thing." He sighed.

"No, what do you think he will play to make His Majesty happy?" King Dongping asked.

"Beans." The waiter hurriedly said, while stretching out his hand and pointing to the teacups on several cases, "It's just to use three teacups to buckle the beans, and it changes so that people can guess, how many people stare at it can't guess, his hand is fast..."

At this point, he also stopped abruptly, his face stunned, obviously thinking of something.

Hand fast!

"That day, when Wang Decai took the plate handed by the princess of the county, Zhou Chengzhen suddenly asked His Majesty what kind of water he used, and we all went to listen to His Majesty's conversation, thinking that it was at that time that he replaced the Qingxin Pill with poison."

The five princes who heard the news also nodded after hearing the analysis of the king of Dongping County, and said abruptly.

"It's really hateful, how can he do it!" He said hatefully, "I really can't figure it out. ”

The king of Dongping County was thoughtful.

"I don't understand it either." He said, looking down at the cups on the tables.

A few chamberlains used them to make a demonstration.

But even if it is this Wang De's talent, there is no evidence to prove that it was instigated by Zhou Chengzhen.

After a thorough investigation, although the queen mother and the queen said that Zhou Chengzhen entered and left the palace at will, he was clean and there was no trace of involvement in this court, unless Wang Decai corrected him, there was no evidence at all.

So what does he run? It's not that things are down and there is no way back, at least now he still has the advantage, but it was because of his run that the situation was broken.

What is Zhou Chengzhen going to do this time?

How to do anything is like child's play, but this child's play is often tragic, saying that he is bound to be counted as if he is not missing, and he said that he will let go, as if playing chess is facing each other when it is critical, he himself lifts the chessboard and does not play.

"Isn't there any trace of Zhou Chengzhen now? How could it be that the city gate didn't notice it at all? There must be someone with him..."

The sound of the five princes and the guards talking was heard in his ears, but the king of Dongping County was clever.

"Not good." He said.

The five princes and the guards were interrupted to look over, and before they could ask what was wrong, the king of Dongping County had already hurried out.

What's wrong?

The five princes were puzzled and busy, so that people could keep up.

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"King Jun, you're back."

The steward who opened the door of the stable palace happily gave a salute and looked at the king of Dongping County who had not yet dismounted.

"What about the princess?" King Dongping asked.

The steward was stunned.

"The princess hasn't come back yet." He said.

Before the words fell, I saw that the king of Dongping County had galloped away.

In Qingyun Temple, Shao Mingqing ran out of a group of Taoist priests who had just been released and were still in shock, and looked at the king of Dongping County who had dismounted.

"What did you say?" His expression also became horrified, "She didn't come to me, I was just about to go and tell her that I was fine, would I go to Xie Wuye?" ”

The words fell, because Xie Wenjun, who heard the inquiry of the guards sent by the king of Dongping, galloped over together.

"No, I separated from her at the palace gate, and she said she wanted to see you." Xie Wenjun hurriedly said, "What's going on?" Why is she gone? ”

Shao Mingqing squeaked his hand.

"Zhou Chengzhen!"

Zhou Chengzhen! (To be continued......)