There is something strange, there is something strange, what is strange? It's time to say it!

Wu Mi's face turned blue with anger, if he hadn't been used to being aggrieved since he was a child, and he was not the king who was used to angering others, I am afraid that a series of little eunuchs around him would have to be implicated and punished.

Tong Wen did die of illness.

Wu Mi investigated it at the beginning.

Several imperial doctors diagnosed that Tong Wen died of an emergency, but he couldn't see what the illness was, so he died suddenly. The royal doctors also said that this had happened before.

Not to mention frail children, it is not particularly unusual for people who are in the prime of life, healthy, and suddenly die inexplicably.

In fact, if the son of another minister is replaced, he will die if he dies, so as not to arouse the emperor's concern, but now this is different, General Tong Lao is fighting hard in northern Xinjiang for the country, and his only grandson was brought back to the capital and handed over to the emperor, in addition to the safety of his grandson, more or less as a hostage.

The high-ranking generals of the Hong Dynasty, the families generally stayed in the capital.

The Tong family was no exception before, but the heirs of the family withered, and the old people did not live long, and now that only Tong Lin and his grandson are left to rely on each other, he will stay in northern Xinjiang with his grandson.

This time he brought his grandson back to the capital, and when Tong Lin left, he didn't want to take people away at all, he just hoped that the child would stay in the capital and let the emperor take care of him, and also show his loyalty.

It's good now, the 'hostages' left by the important ministers of the people, boom, gone!

Sit in the bright study room of the academy. Wu Mi didn't appreciate all kinds of new books at all. just sighed: "It would be better if General Tong was in the capital." Why is it that after the general left, the child ......"

Yang Yunqiu was speechless, and only after a long time did he feel relieved: "General Tong is a smart person, he will understand that His Majesty will never harm Tong Wen, and doing so will only be bad for His Majesty." There is no benefit. ”

That's true.

Wu Mi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Yunqiu knew that it was okay for him to say it in his mouth, but he knew in his heart that even if General Tong trusted His Majesty, this little emperor also trusted General Tong, no matter who came up with this game, he had already succeeded.

Wu Mi ordered that those gossips should not appear.

However, since it is a rumor, of course, the more blocked. The more it circulated, the more arrogant it became.

People all over the city are saying that when Tong Wen died. His face was blue and dark, it was obvious that he had been poisoned, and he had a conflict with Concubine Mi's younger brother before his death, and the uncle of the country also put down cruel words, saying that he would not see the sun tomorrow, and as a result, Tong Wen really went like this.

The gossip is very smart, and the truth is mixed with lies, and it doesn't look like random speculation at all.

Concubine Mi is a cousin of Long Live Life, Concubine Mi's younger brother, both the uncle of the country and the cousin of the little emperor, has been quite favored since childhood, and it is inevitable that she will be a little domineering.

But Wu Mi knew in his heart that his cousin knew how to be proportionate, and it was absolutely impossible to really kill Tong Wen, let alone kill the son of the minister outside, this kid was reluctant to punish even his own subordinate maids, and even Chen Chong, the uncle of Wu Mi's family, was often worried about his son's arrogant appearance, but he was too soft-hearted to afford the family business.

The boiling rumors could not be stopped, and the people of the entire capital were talking about it.

Tianyi Teahouse is located in the bustling street of Fangzhou, opposite the Royal Academy, the whole teahouse itself is not eye-catching, the decoration is not luxurious, but there are many literati and ink writers who come and go, quite elegant, many students of the academy like to come here to sit for a while, drink two cups of fragrant tea, and enjoy the calligraphy and painting on the wall by the way.

Yang Yunqiu took Cui Huaixin to find a seat, and the two of them took a turn in the bookstore, and at this time they were a little thirsty, so they ordered a pot of hot tea, the tea was not good, and it was not even as good as what Gao Yi provided for the students to drink on weekdays, but it was enough to quench their thirst.

Neither of them is particularly picky.

"The environment is not bad, but it is too noisy." Cui Huaixin listened to the gossip in the capital and couldn't help muttering a few words.

Yang Yunqiu smiled and gently tapped his head with a folding fan.

There are also storytellers in the teahouse who talk about books a few times on weekdays.

On this day, Mr. Storyteller was nowhere to be seen, and on the stage was a skinny, ordinary-looking middle-aged man, dressed in a cyan robe.

As soon as he came to the stage, the entire Tianyi Teahouse fell silent.

Yang Yunqiu felt that this person was familiar, before the general examination last year, this person had visited his own academy, and it seemed to be a teacher of the Royal Academy.

The Royal Academy is one of the four major academies in the world, although there is a faint tendency to be suppressed by his own academy in recent years, but it is not something that ordinary people can enter.

Nowadays, whether it is to choose an official, or to enter the academy, you must also choose your appearance, all those who have a good face and a good appearance, how easy it is to enter the court as an official, and even the academy chooses faculty and staff, then you have to see if it is a scholarly fragrance, which makes people feel close, if you have a face that is not very appropriate, unless it is the world, I am afraid it will be difficult to get ahead.

He was able to teach, and Yang Yunqiu felt that this person's eloquence must be outstanding.

Just thinking about it, the teacher suddenly sneered: "Looking at the stars to the north and lifting the sword, a growth for the country worries, in the past Tong Yongyi, Tong Lao General fought for the country, his left eye was blind, his right leg was broken, and he still chanted this poem, his three sons sacrificed their lives for the country, and the youngest son Tong Lin Tong also fought for the country for 30 years, and the Tong family was stationed in the north for our dynasty, and now it is good, General Tong is still at the border, but its only root and seedling have killed people, and I don't know what kind of mood General Tong will have when he hears it......"

He speaks sharply, and every word is heart-wrenching.

The scholars here who have nothing to do on weekdays and like to talk about the government and politics are even more spiritual, looking at it like this, it is determined that Tong Wen's death has no inside information, and the court deliberately concealed the truth of his death.

"Your Majesty's practice is too chilling for the loyal ministers and good generals, even if you can't do the righteous killing of relatives, you can't be so perfunctory, the people Tongwen didn't die when he was in the northern Xinjiang, why did he come to the capital. He died young......"

"Hmph. Alarmist! ”

Cui Huaixin's face changed suddenly.

Recently, there have been various rumors in the capital. It's not that these students haven't heard of it, but the students in the academy, after all, have more contact with the emperor, and Yang Yunqiu has always taught them that they must not just look at the surface, so even if the rumors in Beijing are all aimed at the powerful, they still feel a strange uneasiness from it.

"The common people like to listen to all kinds of illegal news from the powerful. The more this kind of news, the more some people believe that our generation of scholars should have distinguished right from wrong, and when the country is in turmoil, not only do they not worry about the country, but they actually add fuel to the troubles, which really should not be. ”

Cui Huaixin's voice was not low.

In a word, the scholars present looked sideways.

"What are you talking about? What's wrong with what we're saying? Tong Wen is a classmate of my college. Could it be that if he is dead, can we still get justice for him? ”

Several Royal Academy students couldn't help but glare angrily. Two more stood up, their faces furious.

Cui Huaixin was not afraid at all: "If you want to seek justice for your classmates, of course you should, but then you can speculate at will?" You say that Tong Wen's death has an inside story, come up with evidence, find out the truth, and go to the Dengwen drum face saint is, now that the barbarians are invading, you are so afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and you are not convinced, have you read all the sage books in the belly of the pig? ”

That's vicious enough.

The students of the Royal Academy turned pale with anger, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry: "Nonsense, I think, you are not the one who killed Tong Wen, and you must be related to the person who killed him, otherwise, why do you bother to argue for the murderer?" ”

Cui Huaixin laughed: "It's a joke, didn't you say that Tong Lin was killed by a powerful person?" Three generations of my family are extremely poor, even now, I can't afford to pay if I don't work part-time, if I really hurt Tongwen, then you have wronged the powerful and the scholars, the preface does not match the afterword, it is really a shame for us to read. ”

His words made everyone's faces unkind, and even the gentleman who stood on the stage and talked eloquently couldn't continue.

Yang Yunqiu smiled, arched his hand, and said to Cui Huaixin: "It's useless, people always tend to believe in what they want to believe, and want to change people's minds, but it's not easy, let's go, it's time to go back and do your homework." ”

Cui Huaixin honestly followed Yang Yunqiu out of the teahouse, but he was even more uneasy in his heart.

"Mr. ......"

"Don't ask me, I'm not an immortal and can't predict the future...... There is also some food stored in the school, and the fence is thickened, you take a few people, wrap a layer of wire around the outside, and I will find a way to get some other means of defense. ”

Yang Yunqiu knew that his own student was also a smart person, and he could see that there might be a black hand behind this matter, even if it wasn't, it was just an accident, and it also caused a result - passive monarchs and ministers were suspicious.

Even if Wu Mi believed in General Tong's loyalty, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not bet on this loyalty, and he was not such a tough emperor, so it was difficult to disobey the opinions of important ministers.

And Tong Lin, even if he believes that the death of his grandson is just an unfortunate accident, or even if there is a problem with the cause of death, he is still willing to be loyal to the court, but his loyalty is always only in his heart, and outsiders can't see his heart, and he is far away from the capital, in the northern Xinjiang, how can he show his loyalty to the people of the world?

Entangled in all kinds of miscellaneous things, he still has the energy to deal with the barbarians, especially the heroes and heroes in the barbarians?

Cui Huaixin responded sullenly.

Yang Yunqiu smiled, he felt that the national fortunes of the Hong Dynasty were not finished, even if something really happened, it was only a temporary twist and turn, besides, even if the dynasty changed, the common people who had suffered from the barbarians, as well as those who read, it was impossible to let the barbarians enter the Central Plains, and the current chaos was just because the war in the north was still far away.

Yang Yunqiu's thoughts and thoughts cannot affect the unsatisfactory reality of the world.

The capital of the Hong Dynasty, which was leveled by singing and dancing, seemed to be covered by haze.

Yang Yunqiu took his students back to school, smiled and comforted a few words, so that the students could study in peace, those boys who were originally going to go to Northern Xinjiang were now worried about the situation in Fangzhou, and it was fortunate that they didn't shout and left.

For several days, his friends from the Criminal Division did not come to the school to eat and drink.

This is not an easy task, especially Fu Xueqing, don't look at this person who always has a cold face, as if he doesn't pay attention to material enjoyment, in fact, his mouth is very picky, since he has eaten Yang Yunqiu's food here, he has never eaten anything else, and his partner is about to die. Know the way. People in their industry. It is inevitable that he will not leave Beijing, even if he does not leave Beijing, he is busy with work, and it is impossible to go to Yang Yunqiu to eat every day.

In the end, I had no choice but to send two Huang Yi from the Sentencing Division to learn a few hands in Yang Yunqiu's kitchen, as long as he could simply cook some home-cooked food, and then this guy went out to handle the case. There are two tails behind him, specially cooking for him, and I don't know if the two yellow-clothed people in the Daoist family will be unhappy if they are treated as cooks like this.

Although no one came, the news still came.

Recently, the entire Criminal Division, no, not only the Criminal Division, but also the more important yamen in the entire capital have been busy. It's for Tong Lin's precious grandson's case.

The punishment division is even worse, who let it belong directly to the emperor. The emperor gave the order, and they were not idle.

"The problem is - it really doesn't look like there's a murderer!"

This kind of thing, they can't make up a murderer to explain to the emperor and the scholars in the capital who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

"Sir, if Your Majesty kills that uncle first and sends his head to General Tong, can you calm the turmoil?"

Obviously, in the school, even if several gentlemen repeatedly ordered them not to spread these gossips casually, the students still couldn't help but care, and when they had the opportunity, they still had to ask Yang Yunqiu questions.

It's just that the little junior brother, who has only been enrolled for less than half a year, opened his mouth this time, and without waiting for Mr. to reply, he asked Cui Huaixin to suppress him: "What nonsense, if Your Majesty really wants to do this, doesn't it mean that it is really Uncle Guo who killed Tong Wen, and Your Majesty will also have the responsibility of the emperor's laxity, and that's it, if it is true that the next conclusion is made, General Tong does not want to leave the northern Xinjiang, he also has to come back, the important ministers of the court, how can it be possible to let the generals who have enmity with the imperial court and His Majesty be in charge of the world's soldiers and horses?" ”

After a few words, the little junior brother who was hit drooped his head and said for a long time: "In this way, isn't this matter unsolvable?" Clearly...... Ming Ming ......, "Obviously, the matter is not so serious, General Tong has been loyal for so many years, and he is full of loyalty, he will not rebel easily, and His Majesty is not a fool...... But how did things become so inexplicable?

"Are we overthinking?"

A few students couldn't help but mutter.

In the final analysis, this matter does not seem to be serious now, at most, the little emperor is annoyed because he did not take good care of General Tong's grandson, even if there are rumors in the capital, some ministers persuade Banzai to recall Tong Lin, but the emperor has no intention of agreeing, and he is unlikely to agree.

Changing players in the field? No kidding.

It's a bit of a mess right now, but it's not out of control, is it?

Yang Yunqiu shrugged, "Okay, all do your homework, your task is just to read." ”

Even if a group of students feel that they are thinking too much, the rumors in the capital are rampant and are not adulterated.

These students are young, and it is also the time of 'worrying about the country and the people', they are full of vitality, they always feel that they can change the world, and they start discussions on how to curb rumors all day long for the sake of rumors.

Yang Yunqiu listened for a long time, and saw with his own eyes that his students were stupid, tired of running around the schools, debating with those students, and even going to the teahouse to publicize it, hoping that the general would spread the gossip at will, so as not to affect the war situation in northern Xinjiang.

As for the results?

Yang Yunqiu saw that several students came out with confidence and came back with their heads wilted, and the rumors not only did not stop, but also became more terrifying.

"Mr. ......"

"Alright, I'll give you an idea."

Yang Yunqiu hugged Cui Huaixin's shoulders and said with a smile: "Silly boy, you have to know that if a gossip comes out, people will compete for it, if there are two, everyone has to consider which one to pursue, and when there are more than a dozen or even hundreds of ways to say the same thing, people will treat it as a joke and forget it after hearing it." ”

Cui Huaixin understands in seconds.

It's hard to stop rumors, spread rumors? That's not easy.

A group of people acted again, this time, within a few days, the story of Tong Wen's death in the capital was overwhelming, some said that he was killed by Tong Lin's enemy, some said that he was poisoned and died, some said that he committed suicide by falling out of love, of course, some people said that he was weak and sick in his early years, the reason why General Tong took him back to the capital was because he was not in good health, and wanted to ask the imperial doctor to take a look, and some people said that he was studying hard to die of exhaustion, all kinds of true, false, not true and not false, there are true and false news spread around, Suddenly the people of the capital were dizzy.

Wu Mi hurriedly made a will, which described in detail several post-mortem reports, proving that Tong Wen did have heart failure and died suddenly, and there was no cause or effect.

At this moment, the people in the capital have more confidence in the judgment of the imperial court.

Despite the success, the students at the school were not very happy.

Moreover, Cui Huai was still very uncomfortable in his confidence.

The other students did the same, and they all went to put a stick of incense on Tong Lin again.

Yang Yunqiu has to admit that his method is very damaging and disrespectful to the deceased, and even if the rumors are suppressed now, Tong Wen's death is not fake, there are too many variables in it.

I'm afraid that even Wu Mi can't guarantee that it is really the most suitable thing to let Tong Lin be this general.

Wu Mi did believe that Tong Wen's death was a natural death on the surface, but he refused to relax in private, and still strictly ordered the Criminal Department to investigate thoroughly, no matter how big or small, he must investigate the people Tong Wen has contacted and what happened since he returned to Beijing.

This is too much of a coincidence, whether it is Tong Lin's sudden death when he left Beijing, or the sudden rumors, it seems that something is wrong, and he can't help but think about it too much. (To be continued......)