At night, a full moon hangs high in the sky, illuminating the silent capital.

Ru Xi and the three of them took advantage of the moonlight to go to the other pile that Baizhu bought in the capital, because Baizhu likes freedom, and he does not often stay in the palace when he is an adult, so the king of Cangyi Kingdom asked people to help him build another pile.

Beizhu only occasionally lived for a few days when Baizhu returned to Beijing, and on weekdays, only one old man was responsible for cleaning and guarding the yard.

Every time Baizhu comes back, the lamp of the other pile will be kept, but there is no light tonight.

Baizhu stood in front of the door and knocked on the door, but no one opened it after knocking for a long time, and the three of them could only climb over the wall to enter.

The qiē in the courtyard was cleaned very cleanly, and the items were placed the same as when Baizhu left, but the door of the house was closed to tell everyone that there was no one here at this time.

"It's strange, Uncle Zhu is in charge of guarding the yard, and he never goes out at night."

Baizhu was puzzled, pushed the door into the house first, and lit the lamp.

The things in the room are spotless, obviously cleaned every day, but where can Uncle Zhu go?

Because it was night, and the three of them were physically and mentally exhausted from traveling day and night, they decided to rest for one night and make plans tomorrow morning.

Ru Xi and Granny Qinghua live in the guest room, Granny Qinghua looks young, but she is actually over forty years old, and she is not as good as young people in all aspects of her body.

Ru Xi couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, and her ears kept listening to the movement outside.

From the moment she entered this other pile, she felt a murderous aura that seemed to be nothing.

The king of Cangyi is dead, and the eldest prince Bai Lin is bound to remove obstacles if he wants to ascend the throne, and the biggest obstacle to his ascension to the throne is Baizhu, if Baizhu does not return to the palace, this other pile is the residence of Baizhu.

If she guessed correctly, that murderous aura came from someone sent by Bai Lin.

As soon as dawn broke, Ru Xi got up in his clothes, heard movement in the courtyard, pushed the door out, and saw Baizhu standing in front of the stone table in the courtyard, and there was a chessboard on the table, as if it had been played a long time ago and was not finished.

The movement just now was the sound of Baizhu moving the chess pieces.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Baizhu nodded at Ru Xi, then looked at the chessboard again, Ru Xi walked over, glanced at the chessboard, and couldn't see anything strange.

"This chess is played by me alone, every time I come back, I will play a little bit, I have not finished playing for a few years, so many years, no one has ever touched the chessboard, I remember very well where I played last time."

Baizhu put back the chess pieces scattered next to him, "Someone has been here. ”

Ru Xi said: "Not only have people come, but those who have been here have not left. ”

Hearing this, Baizhu looked at Ru Xi, "You mean?" ”

Knowing that Baizhu had understood, Ru Xi nodded, "You can't stay here for a long time, there were people watching around here last night, and if nothing happens, someone will come over soon." ”

A gust of wind blew, making the small trees in the courtyard rustle, and in the air, there was a fishy smell, this kind of smell Ru Xi and Baizhu were very familiar, and they had smelled it in Yecheng Wang's house before.

Blood?

The two glanced at each other, and Bai Shu turned around and walked to a room near the entrance of the courtyard, which was smaller than the one on this side.

Baizhu walked very fast, almost running, and walked over in three or two steps and pushed the door open.

Ru Xi followed, the smell of blood was a little stronger, and when she stood still at the door, what she saw was shocking, an elderly man lying on his back on the ground, stabbed several times in the chest, and his gray robe was stained red with blood.

From Baizhu's stunned reaction, it can be guessed that this person is Uncle Zhu who helped Baizhu look after the yard.

Ru Xi walked over and checked Uncle Zhu's wound, the blood from the wound had coagulated, the body was slightly swollen, and he should have been dead for a day.

In other words, when they came last night, Uncle Zhu was already dead.

Baizhu didn't say anything, staggered out, in just a few days, five people died because of him, he didn't know, if he went further, there would be people who would die because of this.

He had to find out about his father's death, and he didn't want more people to die because of him.

The ambivalence made Baizhu's mind confused, and her mother-in-law always got up early, she knew it when Ru Xi got up, and she lay down for a while before getting up, and when she pushed the door out, she saw Baizhu standing in the courtyard in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Granny Love Flower asked.

Baizhu still didn't react, Ru Xi walked out of Uncle Zhu's house and said, "Master, the old man in charge of the courtyard is dead. ”

"It's Baili Yi again?"

Ru Xi shook her head: "It shouldn't be." ”

"Before, in the Kingdom of Qi, when I saw the fight between the crown prince and the fourth prince, the prince and the three princes of Concubine Yan were incompatible, I was very lucky, although I was born in the royal family, there was no fratricide, I didn't expect ......"

Baizhu's expression was painful, and his voice was sad, "My eldest brother and I have always had a good relationship, he should know that I have no interest in the throne at all, I don't understand, why did he do this?" ”

"The reason why he did this is that your father died of a violent illness and made the Manchu officials suspicious, if your father really died of illness, I think the civil and military officials will support him to inherit the throne."

"Five people have died, I don't know what to do next?"

"People can't be resurrected after death, you should find out the truth of the matter to give justice to the dead." Ru Xi said, "I'm afraid that this don't pile will be targeted for a long time, so we have to leave quickly." ”

Bai Shu smiled bitterly, "If I had known that Brother Wang would attack me for the sake of the throne, I would definitely not let Uncle Zhu continue to stay here, and I would not have come here as soon as I entered Beijing." ”

"There is no such thing as a pre-existing thing, it has already happened, and we have to accept the reality."

"Baizhu, as a prince, now that the country is in trouble, you should not dwell on the tragedy that has happened, but find a way to save your people from the suffering of war." Granny Loveflower said.

Mother-in-law Qinghua woke up Baishu with a word, Baili Yi has come to Cangyi Country, and the Wang brother will attack him, it should be the result of Baili Yi's lobbying on the side, once Baili Yi is punished, he will definitely use the forces of Cangyi State to attack Qi State, and when the time comes, the people of both countries will face the pain of war.

After figuring it out, Baizhu said, "Let's get out of here first." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of horses' hooves sounding outside the pile, if I really want to leave, even if the person has arrived, Ru Xi and the three of them can leave lightly, at this time, seeing that Baizhu did not move, Ru Xi and Granny Qinghua stood without persuasion, to see who was coming.

Soon, the whole pile was surrounded, the gate was pushed open, and the first to enter were the guards, who stood in two rows.

Then, a man in a yellow robe walked in, accompanied by two personal guards.

The person who came was Bai Lin, the eldest prince of Cangyi Kingdom, the brother of Baishu.

Bai Lin didn't wait for Baizhu to speak, so he smiled and said, "Brother Wang, why don't you enter the palace when you come back, but live here." ”

"I've rested here for the night, and I'm about to go back to the palace, I wonder if my father is okay?" Baizhu asked deliberately.

One moment he was still smiling, and the next moment, Bai Lin was bitter, "You have not been in the palace for a few months, you don't know the situation in the palace, since you left the palace, your father has fallen ill, and many famous doctors have been invited to treat him, but he has passed away." ”

When the words fell, Bai Lin lowered his head as if he was about to squeeze out two tears, and when he looked up, he saw Bai Shu looking at him expressionlessly, and asked, "Aren't you sad and sad when your father passes away?" ”

"I'm sad, but what makes me even more sad is that my eldest brother, who I believe in the most, will kill his own father for the throne." Baizhu said coldly.

"What do you mean by that? Are you saying that I killed my father? Bai Lin's face was ruthless, looking at Bai Zhu's gaze with hidden killing intent.

He came here to persuade him with good words, and wanted Baizhu to support him to inherit the throne in front of the civil and military officials.

If Baizhu refuses, for the sake of the throne, he will not care about brotherhood.

And now, Baizhu seems to have known the strange circumstances of his father's death, and it is impossible to support him to inherit the throne.

Bai Lin thought for a while and said: "I care about brotherhood and tell you kindly, if you distort the facts and insist on framing me, then I don't have to take into account brotherhood." ”

Bai Shu sneered: "My father has always been in good health, and it will be no problem to live for a few decades if there is no accident, but now you are suing me that he died of illness, how do you tell me to believe it?" ”

"If you don't believe it, you can ask the queen mother, she knows the situation of the father best." Bellellin Road.

"Where's the Queen Mother?"

"The queen mother was sad because of her father's death, and decided to accompany her father in the royal tomb for three years, I persuaded her for many days, and the queen mother insisted on going, and I couldn't help it." Bai Lin said helplessly.

"I will personally ask the queen mother, and when the time comes, I will see how you quibble."

Bai Lin sighed: "Okay, I'll give you three days to understand the truth of the matter, and after three days, we will meet here again." ”

After Bai Lin finished speaking, he ordered: "Go back to the palace." ”

The tomb of the king of Cangyi, on a mountain on the outskirts of the capital, there is a temple on this mountain, which is named the national temple, and the royal tomb is guarded by the disciples in the temple and the guards of the palace all the year round.

The three of Baizhu went up the mountain, and as soon as they reported their names, they were immediately released, presumably, they had received Bai Lin's order in advance.

Halfway up the mountain, the monks of the temple led the way to the place where the queen lived.

A small courtyard, guarded by dozens of guards, at the door of the house, there are several palace maids guarding, the monk who led the way explained his intention, and the guards opened the door to let him in.

As soon as I entered the yard, I heard the sound of knocking on the wooden fish.

In the past, in the royal palace, the queen would eat fasting and chant Buddha on the fifteenth day of the new year, and knock wooden fish in the Buddha hall.

Listening to the rhythmic sound of the wooden fish, Bai Shu thought that his father was dead, and his brother Wang did everything for the throne, and now, he was left with only one relative, the queen mother, thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel sad and indignant.

The room is very large, there are several rooms, the outermost one is the Buddha hall, a woman in Chinese clothes kneels in front of the Buddha statue, her eyes are closed, one hand holds the Buddha beads, the other hand knocks on the wooden fish, the mouth moves slightly, and there are words.

Hearing the footsteps, the woman did not open her eyes until Baizhu called out, "Queen Mother." ”

The woman's body stiffened, the sound of knocking on the wooden fish stopped, she turned her head to look over, saw Baizhu, the Buddha beads in her hand fell to the ground, and her eyes called with tears: "Shu'er." ”

"The Queen Mother." Baizhu ran over, the mother and son hugged each other tightly, looking at this scene, Ru Xi and Granny Qinghua didn't feel that their eyes were wet.