Chapter 34: The Siege
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On the wall today: The spell of the flower on the other side, LV4, Xiucai: I think the second master will be the prince? Haha――
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Zuo Xiang also said, "Not bad! It must be so! It's just that I don't know who this person is, it seems that he must be extremely familiar with the Dharma Buddha Temple. ”
"In this way, when the emperor came up, someone took advantage of the gap between talking outside the palace and used the secret passage to quietly take away the forgetfulness. And this person's kung fu must be extremely good, otherwise it would not have disappeared without a trace after we found out, and the emperor's people and the second prince of Zheng immediately tracked him down. Right Xiang slowly spoke, and analyzed, "It's raining outside, so there must be no footprints, and this rain is too dense, and the cliff is very difficult to walk in the rain, so the person was in a hurry, and he thought about it, so he forgot to scrape off a corner of his clothes." ”
Master Puyun nodded and said solemnly, "Because yesterday the princess, the second prince of Zheng and Miss Fanghua came up to the mountain to pray for blessings, and the noble guests such as Concubine Lin, Mrs. Youxiang, the eighth prince, and Gongzi Li came to the Dharma Buddha Temple to eat and stay. This is a big event in the Dharma Buddha Temple in the Spring Festival. The host was very nervous, for fear that something would go wrong, so he had already warned him that he must let people guard the forbidden place behind the mountain and cliff of the temple in the past few days. In case the guest is curious and has an accident. And, starting this morning, because of the prayer and opening of the altar to preach, this is a prosperous age, and we must bathe and change clothes. Up and down the Dharma Buddha Temple, they have changed their robes. Forgetfulness has naturally changed. This robe is brand new. At first glance, you can see that it is a new monk's robe. Especially not forgetting the ordinary, even thrifty. I don't wear much new monk's robes. So, this robe must be the one this morning. ”
"Can this robe prove that someone just took it away and left it down?" Prince Ying asked.
"The Dharma Buddha Temple is a thousand-year-old temple, and it should have these regulations." Mrs. Right has always admired the Dharma Buddha Temple, and said after hearing the words.
Concubine Lin sighed, "I didn't expect that there are so many internal regulations in the Fafo Temple. ”
The presiding officer of the Dharma Buddha Temple nodded, "There is only one person who has not forgotten." He is the chief master of the Vinaya, under my auspices only. Naturally, it has its own unique rules for monks' robes. ”
"I see! Is there only one person in the Dharma Buddha Temple, Master Wuwu, is it such a pattern of green mountain texture? Concubine Lin asked the two.
It is a weaving pattern different. The colors of the clothes of Master Puyun and the host look the same, but the patterns are different. If you don't look closely, you can't see it at all. Qin Tian said, and glanced at the corner of the clothes in Master Puyun's hand again, "This corner of the clothes is also different from the pattern of Master Puyun and the host. Master Puyun is the texture of Qingyun, presiding over the texture of Qingsong, and the texture of Qingshan is on the corner of this piece of clothing. ”
"What's the difference?" Concubine Lin asked.
Qin Tian was also curious, and when he heard this, he immediately approached Master Puyun and the host of the Dharma Buddha Temple, looked at the robes of the two monks carefully, and suddenly said, "It looks the same from a distance, but it is really different." ”
When Concubine Lin heard this, she said to Qin Tian, "Eighth Prince, my eyes are not good, you go and take a closer look, what is the difference." ”
"The monks' clothes of the monks of the Dharma Buddha Temple are also regulated. Wu Forgetfulness is the chief master of the Vinaya, and his monk's robe is naturally different from others. Master Puyun said, "Although the host and I are both wearing monk's robes and the same color, if you take a closer look, you will also find that our monk's robes are also different. ”
"How can the master determine that this is the corner of the clothes of the Immortal Forget, in my opinion, isn't this the corner of an ordinary monk's robe?" Concubine Lin also took a closer look.
"This is the corner of the clothes that is not forgotten!" Master Puyun said.
The presiding officer of the Dharma Buddha Temple stretched out his hand to take the corner of the clothes, glanced at it, and immediately showed it to his nearest Master Puyun, "Uncle Shi, look at this ......"
Qin Zheng handed the corner of the clothes to the host of the nearby Dharma Buddha Temple, "Come and see, is this the corner of the clothes that you have not forgotten?" ”
"On the ropeway of the cliff behind the mountain." Qingyan Road.
Qin Zheng stretched out his hand to take it, only to see that the corner of the monk's robe was the size of a palm, which had been soaked by the rain, and he asked, "Where did you find it?" ”
Qingyan used the palm wind to blow the corner of the clothes in front of Qin Zheng.
Qin Zheng raised his eyebrows, "Take the corner of the clothes, I'll take a look." ”
After another half an hour, Qingyan appeared and announced, "Childe, within a radius of ten miles from the Fafo Temple, all the people have been checked, and there is no harvest except for finding a corner of clothes." ”
One of the three of them looked nonchalant, one looked faint, and the other thoughtful. In short, there is no heaviness or solemnity.
Of course, there are also those that don't feel heavy. One is Qin Zheng, the second is Xie Fanghua, and the third is Li Muqing.
In addition to these three people, Concubine Lin, Mrs. Youxiang, Princess Ying, and Qin Tian also had solemn expressions.
For a moment, all three of them felt extremely heavy.
Prince Ying secretly felt that if this matter really had to be investigated, he was afraid that it would really cause turmoil in the capital and turmoil in the court. But if he didn't investigate, such a hidden danger that would kill her princess to assassinate his son, he would naturally not allow him to continue to tolerate it.
Left and right sides nodded.
"I'll talk about it when the third prince and the fifth prince come!" The Emperor said in a deep voice, "Under my nose, let's see who is causing trouble. No matter who it is, as long as it is found, it will be severely punished. If we don't find out about such a major matter, and allow someone to make trouble a second time, won't the situation in my court be turbulent? ”
"Just caught these two people, it was found that the prince and grandson were implicated, and the princess, the second son of Zheng, Miss Fanghua, and a Xie family's long house. There are also people involved who have not been found out, and this matter is naturally not trivial. The right minister took over and said, "The emperor must be cautious." ”
"If this matter is investigated, I am afraid that it will be very trivial!" Left Xiangdao.
The Emperor pursed his lips and did not speak.
"No one has come to tell me yet, and it seems that the body of Forgetfulness has not been found." Prince Ying said, "After tossing for such a long time, it's not all for nothing, at least the person who knows that the ink beads on his body are mixed in, and there is also a Xie family's long room." ”
Just like the royal wealth earlier, Qingyan soon took people down.
Seeing that he was no longer checking the VIPs this time, Qin Zheng nodded happily and shouted outside.
The emperor nodded and waved his hand at Qin Zheng, "Let your people bring people down!" Chill the corpse and don't rot. ”
"This should be the hallmark of some kind of organization. If it weren't for the people of Zheng Ergongzi's people who found out earlier, the old slave's old eyes would not have been able to find such a secret thing. Wu Quan said in admiration.
It can be seen how powerful Qin Zheng's people are, and this can be checked.
I saw that in the gap between the second toe of the left foot, there was a willow leaf faintly printed, in the shape of willow leaves, very secret and shallow, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it clearly.
The laughing eunuch immediately ripped off the dead man's toes.
"You, pick open the toes of this dead man and let the emperor see it." Wu Quan commanded a little eunuch.
The Emperor nodded, "What does this wicker pattern look like?" ”
After a short time, Wu Quan came back with the dead soldier and told the emperor, "Except for the ink bead that the second son of Zheng got earlier, and the pattern of a bunch of wicker printed on the cortex of the second toe, the old slave has not found anything. It's no different from the average dead soldier. ”
Lin Qihe was not at ease when he heard this, so the two glanced at each other and followed. Qi Qi thought, this time this person can't be lost again. The reason why the forgetfulness was lost just now was also due to their negligence.
Wu Quan immediately took two little eunuchs to drag the dead man to a corner behind the Buddha statue.
"Accurate!" The emperor waved his hand.
"Yes!" Wu Quan immediately nodded, glanced at the dead man on the ground, and said to the emperor, "The old slave has to ask for an order to take this dead soldier aside, pick up his clothes, and examine them carefully." Don't miss it! After all, there are concubines, princesses and other female relatives here, so as not to stain their eyes. ”
The emperor ignored him anymore and said to Wu Quan, who had already ordered the Imperial Forest Army to go to the Xie family's long house to besiege him, "Wu Quan, you can check this dead soldier on the ground again." See what he has to offer! ”
"No!" Qin Zheng laughed.
"Don't look at people when you look at them, and lose them like the silent forgetfulness that disappeared earlier!" The Emperor snorted angrily.
Compared with Prince Ying, who is upright and loyal to the country, for so many years, he has been respected by the emperor. It's hard to imagine that he has such an evil son, who actually gave the emperor a headache when he saw him, he himself saw him with a headache, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu saw him with a headache, and the people in the capital all avoided him with a headache.
In other words, the ten Ying princes tied together are not as good as his son Qin Zheng's mental means.
Although Qin Zheng is young, he is extremely thoughtful.
As for Qin Zheng, they all feel that after living for most of their lives, they are used to seeing the various faces and thoughts of many officials in the DPRK and China, but they still can't see through Qin Zheng.
But at the same time, they all have doubts, if Qin Zheng has the intention to take back the throne, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be arrogant and blatantly against the emperor now, shouldn't he plan in private?
Although the left and right phases have never been at odds, some ideas are surprisingly consistent. The two have a tacit cooperation in the same position. For Qin Zheng, they all have such thoughts in private, and now that things have happened, the thoughts are even worse.
As soon as such an idea popped up, it was fiercely suppressed by people with a heart, and they didn't dare to think about it.
Prince Ying is already rich and noble, and Prince Ying should have inherited the current throne, but because of the lame feet of the heavenly saint, he gave up the throne to the current emperor, does Qin Zheng want to take back the throne?
If it wasn't infatuation, then what was he doing it for?
Such ridiculous remarks are almost impossible for people to believe in front of almost anyone, how can Qin Zheng be so infatuated with Xie Fanghua?
Qin Zheng really likes Xie Fanghua so much that he doesn't marry her? Or marry her alone? She died with her martyrdom?
This is an idea that many people are speculating about.
What exactly does he want to do?
He was bent on marrying Xie Fanghua, and the biggest thing was to work against the emperor, and he didn't care that he was the son of Prince Ying, a descendant of the clan, and he also belonged to the royal family.
The emperor is jealous of the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion and the Xie family, it is not a day or two, and if he wants to get rid of the heart of the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion, how many people in this capital are like a mirror in their hearts. Qin Zheng is the concubine of Prince Ying's mansion, and his brain is so ruthless, how can he not know?
Now this one thing after another is very different from his previous style of acting. In the past, no matter what he did, he was casual, with three points of laziness and seven points of carelessness, and he was not too attached to something. Even the noble sons who are on par with the gang in Beijing hunting, drinking, and listening to music are obviously just idle and bored. Now, he is really obsessed with this marriage with Miss Zhongyong Houfu.
Later, the emperor sent someone to follow and listen to the sound, and he turned his face again. forced the emperor to withdraw the hidden guard.
After the Lingque Terrace was forced to marry, the emperor was forced to give him a holy decree to marry, and later wanted to bring him a noble concubine, or he took a fancy to the maidservant who was placed next to him, but he didn't say anything, and refused without hesitation. is strange, and it also completely offended the emperor.
At that time, Qin Zheng did not leave the slightest room for forced marriage.
At that time, among the people present, Prince Ying, the left minister, and the right minister were all present.
It seems that this state started when he didn't go to Cheng Mobei and came back, and it was also since he accepted a maid named Tingyin, and he didn't go to the palace much at that time. has not contradicted the emperor too obviously. The most obvious opposition is because of the forced marriage of Lingque Terrace.
Today's Qin Zheng, as long as he meets the emperor, he will definitely work against the emperor. I don't know how many times I made the emperor so angry that I can't count them.
How Qin Zheng was in the past, everyone knows. He is flamboyant, arrogant, arrogant, uninhibited, not confined to the world and etiquette, domineering, wanton, and no one dares to provoke. In front of the emperor, he was happy with a hippie smile, and when he was unhappy, he shook his face and left. However, he has not been strict to the point of working against the emperor now.
No one in the hall said a word.
The green tendons on the emperor's forehead jumped.
Qin Zheng was unimpressed by his anger, "Since you don't change your words, then your nephew can only make you unhappy all the time." ”
"Just like you! Still want to get married sooner? Dream on! "The Emperor is obviously angry.
"Uncle Huang, you used to be generous and tolerant to your nephew, but now, if your nephew wants to marry a daughter-in-law, you have set up obstacles for me to wait for three years. I've always felt uncomfortable, so I don't want you to be comfortable anymore. If you don't want your nephew to go on like this, then you can change your mind and let us get married early! Qin Zheng said.
The emperor looked at Qin Zheng with a calm face, and said expressionlessly, "Your courage is really getting bigger and bigger. I didn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of me before, but now who gave you the guts? ”
Before the two guards summoned by the Emperor earlier could react, they all looked at the Emperor.
"Yes!" Qingyan was waiting outside, and when he heard Qin Zheng's order, he didn't enter the hall, but pulled out a rope from his waist, and instantly rolled up the royal wealth on the ground into his hand, and disappeared at the door with it.
"Or don't you! You're in a noble position, so be careful where you need to do that. Let your nephew's people watch! Qin Zheng's words fell, and without waiting for the emperor to speak, he said outside, "Take these two people down and take good care of them!" ”
The Emperor snorted coldly, "I want to see who dares to mess with me from under my nose." ”
"Uncle Huang's brain? You're not alone, you're surrounded by a lot of people! If you watch it yourself, then your nephew will be relieved. But those who are in your hands are also handed over to others in their care. In this case, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no mistakes. Qin Zheng said slowly.
The emperor's face sank suddenly, "If I can't even look at a person in my hands, I don't have to do it!" ”
"Nephew, don't you believe that the emperor is not ashamed!" Qin Zheng said unceremoniously.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Why did I rob people?" You and your mother want me to help you make decisions about this matter. Can't I take over this person? ”
Qin Zheng waved his hand to stop the two guards, raised his eyebrows and said to the emperor, "Uncle Huang, you are not interesting enough to do this. This person is in my hands, how can you say that if you rob someone, you will rob someone? ”
Suddenly, two guards walked in from outside.
"Come on, take Wang Cai down and take care of it strictly!" The emperor commanded outside.
Wang Cai shook his head, "The villain has explained everything he should explain." Nothing more......"
"Wang Cai, do you have anything you haven't finished explaining?" The emperor asked the king again.
"Yes!" Wu Quan immediately walked out of the main hall and went outside to order people from the emperor's close guards.
When the emperor heard this, his old eyes swelled with a hint of darkness, and he nodded, "What Hua Yatou said is indeed reasonable, so let's find out." After the words fell, he said to Wu Quan, "Order, immediately send five thousand imperial forest troops to besiege the Xie family's long house." Not a single fly is allowed to fly over. Until this matter is found out, we will deal with it. ”
"My sister has a point!" Xie Mohan said to the emperor.
Seeing his brother's opinion, Xie Fanghua thought for a while and slowly spoke, "Since this matter is not only the Xie family's Changfang himself who wants to harm me, then, since it also involves others, it must be thoroughly investigated." After the words fell, she looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, before you find out, you can't make a conclusion based on just one royal wealth." Whether it is the use of clan rules in the Xie clan or the disposal of the emperor, I think it is necessary to find out the truth first, and then dispose of it. ”
Xie Mohan was silent for a moment and looked at Xie Fanghua.
Xie Fanghua thought that according to the attitude of Prince and Princess Ying, she wanted the Xie family's long house to be handed over to the emperor for ruling, and the princess was implicated, so the Xie family's long house must not be given a light sentence, and it will be heavily punished. However, she and Xie Linxi have reached an agreement. It's only been a few days, and Xie Linxi has probably not moved, but there has been such an assassination of her by the Xie family's long house. I don't know if Xie Linxi knows about this? If so, why didn't he inform her in advance? If he didn't know, then how did the Xie family hide it from him?
Prince Ying and Princess Ying stopped when they heard this.
"Don't worry, I know the truth. I want to hear Xie Shizi's opinion first. The Emperor said.
Prince Ying and Princess Ying were smart, and quickly figured out the crux of this, and immediately stopped talking, "What is the emperor?" How can this be just an internal matter of the Xie family? At that time, when the four killers appeared first, the person who wanted to kill was not only a Hua girl, but also me. Later, this Wang Cai set fire to burn Hua girl, and I was holding her by her side, and I almost burned to me? The Xie family took advantage of me to bring the girl out to pray for blessings, and such means behind my back were clearly counted even me. ”
Xie Mo pondered and didn't answer the emperor's words for a while.
Xie Fanghua glanced at the emperor when he heard this, if the Xie clan solves it, it is nothing more than the implementation of clan rules in the clan. That is, the patriarch of the Xie clan came forward to call the shots. The Xie clan only assassinated one of her, so there was no turmoil that affected the whole clan, and this matter was light or serious. If it is light, it is a warning, and if it is heavy, it will not be the family rule of the dead. And if the emperor is in charge, then it is difficult to say. Who knows what the emperor has in mind?
Seeing that he was not lying, the emperor looked at Xie Mohan and said slowly, "Xie Shizi, count it up, the Xie family's long house is a side branch of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion. Do you want to solve this matter in the Xie clan, or do you want me to call the shots for you? ”
Wang Cai shook his head and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the villain doesn't know, although the villain is used to stealing, but it is also for the sake of treating his grandmother, they are all petty thieves, and they have always avoided the nobles in the big families. Where did the villain still think of an alliance? ”
"Wang Cai, I ask you, what else did you do besides following that person to the Xie family's long house? Do you still know that the Xie family's long house is allied with people? The Emperor spoke in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Princess Ying thought about it carefully, calmed down, and nodded, "Not bad!" Except for Xie Linxi, the rest of the people in the Xie family's long house are waste, thinking that they are a little smart, but they have no brains and are useless. Judging from the assassination of Hua Yatou and me, it is impossible for just one Xie family's long room to do it so seamlessly. Especially first the fire, then the assassination, and then the fire to burn the Chinese girl. But at the same time as setting fire to Hua Ya's head, he also burned the dead man lying on the ground, obviously wanting to destroy the corpse. There must also be alliances. ”
Qin Zheng sneered, "I'm afraid that one Xie Clan's long room is not enough to perform this serial game!" ”
"It's hateful!" The more Princess Ying thought about it, the more annoyed she became.
Mrs. Min has been close to Prince Ying for so many years, although Princess Ying has never liked Mrs. Min's exquisite style, but for the sake of the face of the dead Cui Yuwan and Mrs. Xie Liufangming, this layer of relatives is involved, so that she has never refused her to get close. But in the end, from the past year to the end of the year, Mrs. Min and Xie Yin have been targeting Xie Fanghua, which made her unhappy. But he never thought that he would be so vicious, and he dared to take her out of the Dharma Buddhist Temple to pray for blessings and secretly poison her.
Princess Ying was a little scared when she remembered the scene she had seen with her own eyes earlier, and when she heard that it was the Xie family's long room, her face sank suddenly.
If it weren't for Xie Fanghua's martial arts skills and being able to spy in time, otherwise he would really be a sick man, then he would definitely not be able to avoid the sudden flames, and the consequences of not being able to avoid it would not only be to burn his face and disfigure, but also to cause his whole body to catch fire and become a burning man.
I have to say that this behind-the-scenes planning is also visible. It's done very secretively.
The Xie family's long house has the heart to replace the loyal and brave marquis mansion, and it has been obvious for so many years. But no one expected that at this moment, a thief would be used to infiltrate the Dharma Buddhist Temple to persecute him.
The four words of the Xie family's long room came out of everyone's mouths, and for a while, everyone in the hall fell silent.