Wang Xiao, dressed in white linen, stepped into the palace hall and saluted in front of Emperor Yanguang's coffin.

The coffin was also found temporarily, and everything looked shabby.

The nobles and ministers knelt on the ground and wept, but some of them wept and asked the king with a smile: "Duke of the Kingdom of Yu...... Your Majesty...... O my majesty! Your Majesty is a ...... of the heavens?"

"When I arrived, my father had already died."

"Who did that?!"

"I didn't see it, as soon as I entered the cave, the stone wall collapsed."

After two sentences, Wang Xiao no longer answered, his eyes swept over He Liangyuan, Yao Wenhua, Bai Yizhang, and Zuo Jinglun in the hall, and said, "Boss Zuo, about the funeral of my father...... emperor."

A private chat invitation was issued.

Zuo Jinglun was kneeling in front of him silently, and when he heard the words, he wanted to get up, but the whole person fell to the ground.

Wang Xiao stepped forward to support him and carried him out of the hall.

The entire palace was crying, and the two of them crossed the stone steps, and Wang Xiaocai asked, "Is Lord Zuo still willing to support His Highness?" ”

"The old man's position, Guogong still has doubts?"

Wang smiled: "It's a matter of survival, I have to be cautious and only ask the old man...... If His Highness is no longer the crown prince, will you still support him? ”

Zuo Jinglun's eyes froze, and he was silent for a long time before he said: "Compared with Zheng Yuanhua, the old man knows better what is orthodox in the world. ”

"Okay, thank you, sir."

The two talked for a while, and over there, Zhou Yan took Song Xin and Song Li, walked out of the hall quickly, and greeted Wang Xiao.

Before he could speak, Wang Xiao asked, "Does Your Highness still trust the minister?" ”

Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "Why did my brother-in-law say this......

He coughed slightly, and said in front of all the monarchs: "This palace and the Duke of Yu are like one, and there is no suspicion of communication." ”

Wang smiled and said, "Then please give your highness another day to the ministers to handle the national funeral first." How to decide after that, we'll see you tomorrow......"

After saying a word, in Song Li's surprised gaze, Wang Xiao turned around and walked towards the outside of the palace.

Luo Yuan is now a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Rites, and he is kneeling at the foot of the steps outside the hall of several feasts, and when he saw Wang Xiao walking towards the palace, he stopped him, and said while crying: "Duke Yu, you are not in the right clothes......

As he spoke, he took out a black horn belt and whispered in his mouth: "No matter how busy you are on official business, please cry and mourn for two more hours." ”

Wang Xiao took the black horn belt and put it on, looked at it, and saw that Luo Yuan was really sad.

"Condolences and change." Wang smiled and sighed: "Why didn't Bian Xiuyong come? ”

Luo Yuan was stunned for a moment? I thought to myself, you are the son-in-law of the Son of Heaven, how can you make me, a foreign minister, mourn and change? Then he flipped through the booklet and said, "Lord Bian heard that Your Majesty Bintian? The syncope passed. ”

Voices are not finished? Wang Xiao had already left the palace.

As he walked, he instructed, "Let Uncle Geng come to see me." ”

"Yes......"

~~

Wu Pei came out of the hall where the Yanguang Emperor's spiritual body was stored, wiping the tears on his face? Walk all the way to the government office. Now that the emperor is newly mourned, all the officials have to fasting in the official office? No home.

Therefore, Wu Pei ordered his subordinates to bring some belongings over? At this time, when he arrived at the official office, he walked into his public house with his baggage, and when he saw that there was no one around, he reached out and took it out of the baggage.

Then? He pulled out a ...... Burnt cakes.

Took a bite? It's already cold.

The dough is a little hard, and the meat quality is much worse.

"Your Majesty......" he cried again, wiping away his tears.

Before a piece of bread had been eaten, someone outside the room said, "My lord? Lord Qian is here. ”

"Got it."

Wu Pei wiped his mouth carefully and rinsed his mouth with water? Fang just walked to the side hall of the official office.

Qian Chengyun, Fu Qingzhu, and Qin Xuance were all in the same party, and they all looked so hungry that their eyes were straight.

"Grandpa Guo is awake."

"yes? I saw them in the halls just now, and I didn't greet them. ”

"I'm not doing well? Guogong is afraid that he is angry. ”

"Let's get things done as soon as possible......"

"Mr. Qin, let's talk first."

Qin Xuance is sniffing? Glancing at Wu Pei with some solitude? Hearing this, he reacted and said, "The sneak attack on the revolving door and the artillery bombardment of the palace is undoubtedly Jiannu's meticulous work." Although the black-clothed men did not survive, I found someone to admit them, and the people confessed that most of them entered the city after 12 years of Yanguang. I searched their quarters, and judging from their habits, they came from outside the gates......"

"The question is, how do they control the turnstile door?"

"Xu Dian, come on."

Xu Dian was very frightened, and hugged his fists and said: "The time for the last general to take over the Jinan garrison camp is still short, and there are a large number of slaves in the army, and the last general has not had time to clean...... Please punish your sins. ”

Qian Chengyun sneered and said, "Time is still short? Three months have passed, and your colonel can't figure out the details. ”

Master Fu Qing raised his hand and said, "Don't blame General Xu at this time, I have seen the Jinan garrison battalion book. Jinan is the capital of Shandong, the situation is complicated, Jiang Juren was in close contact with the big families in Shandong when he was in office, and the colonels under his command were mixed, and each had his own forces behind him. Guogong had been in Jinan for a few days to reorganize the garrison, but the time was short, and he planned to return from Texas to start again. I didn't expect it......"

Wu Pei said: "When they captured the revolving gate, they transferred the defenders of the city, whose signal did they use?" ”

"Shandong Governor Shi Guangzhuo." Qin Xuance said: "This old boy has been tortured by me, and he doesn't know what he says." ”

"What about the Assassins in the palace?"

"It's not the same batch."

"Not the same batch?"

"Those killers, the city that they entered only ten days ago. Before entering the palace, he cut off his tongue, leaving no clues...... No one has ever seen them? ”

"How did you get into the palace?"

"They're taking ...... His Highness's waist card. ”

Wu Pei, Qian Chengyun, and Fu Qing looked at each other.

"Won't it?"

"It is indeed His Highness's waist card, and when His Highness entered the city, they entered the palace at the same time."

……

"These grandfathers know all about it, right?"

"Jiang Sui has reported to Guogong."

"Then wait for the Duke of Guo's orders...... The mountain rain is coming. ”

After discussing with several fellow parties, Wu Pei walked out of the side hall, and after a while, Qin Xuance followed and said in a low voice: "Give me two." ”

"What did Chief Xiao Qin say?"

"Fire baked cakes, give me two, or I'll tell others that you still eat meat during Your Majesty's mourning......"

~~

On the carriage, Wang Xiao pondered for a long time and said, "I need to see Meng Jiu." ”

"I don't know where Master is." Tang Qianqian said: "He came to Jinan this time and didn't tell me ......"

"Then let's go find him."

Tang Qianqian looked up at Wang Xiao, and there was some worry in her eyes.

"Is it okay not to go?"

"Don't worry, it's okay."

After a while, outside the carriage, Uncle Geng said: "Guogong, I found ......"

~~

In Jinan City, in an ordinary house, Bian Xiuyong is pacing back and forth.

After a while, Bian Kangping was dressed in coarse cloth and entered the house with his hands and footsteps.

"How?"

"Your Majesty has already been in the sky, and the body has been fished out."

"What about the people sent by Zheng Yuanhua?"

"It is said that the wind is tight, the city gate is still under martial law, and they will leave the city in two days. Let the eldest brother, go back and continue to lie dormant beside Zhou Yan......"

Bian Xiuyong said angrily: "How dare I go back?!" Wang Xiao has woken up! ”

"That's what they meant. I ......"

Bian Xiuyong paced back and forth again, and muttered, "You go and tell him again, I will talk to them in person tonight." If we don't arrange for us to go to Nanjing as soon as possible, I will stab Wang Xiao with the matter. ”

Bian Kangping said: "But these are all murderers, what if they want to move us?" They dare to kill His Majesty. ”

"I have my own arrangements to let them cast rat traps and dare not touch us."

"Big brother, it's too big." Bian Kangping's voice trembled a little, and he muttered, "These people are too fierce...... Why don't we run on our own? ”

"Idiot, where can you run in this troubled world?"

"If I knew this, it would have been better to vote for the Rui Dynasty in the capital at that time, maybe I would have been able to ...... in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses."

"What's the use of talking about it now? You dared to hire someone to rob Wang Xiao at that time, but now you really have the courage, where is your guts? ”

Bian Kangping said with a bitter face: "It's different, who knew that the kid came back from Liaodong was completely different." There are also these people in Nanjing, who really dare to kill officials! ”

"Something that doesn't make it! Don't howl, go and spread the word, everything will be fine when you get to Nanjing......"

Bian Kangping went out with a bitter face.

Bian Xiuyong waited for a long time with some apprehension, closed his eyes in the room and pretended to sleep, but he couldn't sleep.

Someone pushed the door in.

"How so? Did they say yes? ”

Bian Xiuyong said, and as soon as he turned his head, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost......