But it is not so simple to investigate the mystery of the palace. After all, the person concerned is already dead, gone. As for the remnants of the princes in the DPRK and China, they are even more tight-lipped.

Fortunately, when Shao An was handling a case in Hangzhou, he asked about the palace change of King Jin back then. King Jin and Shao An were close friends, so he told everything he knew.

Shao An told Feng Che the original words of the King of Jin, "According to the words of the King of Jin, the day before the palace change, Jinshang invited him to go out of the city to hunt and play together, which allowed him to escape the catastrophe......"

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The time goes back to the day before the palace change, the twenty-first year of Yongkang, the sixth day of December.

"Hunting on horseback? Did you hear it right? Su Jinqi, the king of Jin, heard that King An invited him to hunt, and he was immediately more surprised than he heard that Li Hongyi wanted to study and An Er wanted to learn martial arts. I didn't expect that his fifth brother, who only works hard every day and trains hard, actually wants to hunt and play?

The poor little guy knelt on the ground and said aggrievedly: "Just now King An sent someone to say this sentence, and the slave didn't hear it wrong." ”

Su Jinqi jumped up happily, as long as he could have fun, he didn't care why his fifth brother suddenly changed his temperament, and immediately agreed: "Go and reply to King An's mansion, saying that this king will come immediately." ”

It's winter, but the sun is shining high, and the sun is so warm that even the bones are crispy. King Jin happily brought a few guards to the royal hunting ground outside the city, and saw that King An was already waiting there.

"Fifth brother, why do you have time to play today?"

King An didn't answer, he just wanted to look at his younger brother with a smile, a trace of pity, a trace of guilt, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.

Su Jinqi touched her face, not knowing why the fifth brother looked at him like this, "Fifth brother, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." King An said lightly, "Our brothers haven't hunted together for a long time, and now we are hunting more than anyone else." ”

"Good!" Su Jinqi is quite confident, his riding and archery skills have been taught by Li Hongyi, and famous teachers make high apprentices.

As soon as they said yes, the two rode their horses in search of their prey. After an afternoon, Su Jinqi came back fruitfully, but King An didn't fight much, and the outcome was immediately clear.

King An seemed to smile dotingly and said, "It seems that this king is old, and he can't compare to you young people." ”

"The fifth brother let the younger brother, this game doesn't count, come back later?"

"Okay, if you lose in the future, don't cry!" King An joked, and looked up at the sky by the way, "Seeing that it is getting dark, the city gate is probably closed, why don't you go to this king's camp for a night?" ”

King An returned to Beijing after the great victory over the Xi'ou class, and the old emperor let King An serve as the commander of the forbidden army to protect the palace and the imperial capital.

"Okay." Su Jin readily agreed, he had long wanted to go to the forbidden army to have a look.

However, at this time, King Jin would not know that this decision allowed him to escape and save his life.

Su Jinqi and King An were still drinking and laughing in the camp at night, not feeling the danger approaching at all. And the change came suddenly. After only one night's work, the outside world has changed, and the world has changed.

Full of wine and food, Su Jinqi said goodbye to King An and spent the night in the barracks. slept until midnight, and suddenly heard the death knell ringing, and the palace suddenly broke out mourning. In the twenty-first year of Yongkang, on December 7, the emperor collapsed in the Qin'an Palace.

Su Jinqi cried when she heard the news, but this was only the beginning of the nightmare.

In the early morning, the little servants of the Jin Wangfu fought to the death and rushed out of the palace to the forbidden army outside the city, bringing even greater bad news, "Prince, Prince!" Oh no. Gong Chang ...... Palace change! The prince is anti, the prince is anti! ”

Su Jinqi and King An were shocked when they heard it, King An was more serious, and said to the little guy: "What happened, you should tell me slowly." ”

"Yes. In the middle of the night, shortly after the death knell rang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to invite the prince of Jin into the palace. The little ones said that the prince had gone out hunting. The prince's people didn't believe it, so they directly led their troops to break into the palace...... Now that the Jin Palace's mansion is in chaos, they will cut down ...... when they see people" The little guy trembled all over, and said intermittently, "The prince launched a palace mutiny, and he wants to kill the master!" I heard that even the lady lady is ...... has been forced to ...... Funeral ......"

"Mother concubine, she ...... No way! Su Jinqi was almost crazy, and shouted, "I want to enter the palace, I want to see my mother." ”

The little servant cried and persuaded: "Master, can you go to the palace, the prince wants to kill you!" ”

King An asked Su Jinqi to hold down and calmly ordered: "It is estimated that the palace has been controlled by the prince, and the Jin Palace's mansion is not safe." In this way, you stay here first, there is a forbidden army guarding here, and the prince will not dare to come nonsense. ”

"No, no! I must go into town! Su Jinqi cried and made a fuss, desperately trying to break free from the people who held him back, and planned to rush into the city.

The crowd couldn't force him, so King An had to agree, "If you insist on this, the king will send a team of men and horses to escort you into the city." ”

The king of Jin led his troops into the city and found that Chang'an was in a depression, and the bustling streets were empty. The officials stopped going to the court, and the common people also heard the wind and hid in their homes and did not dare to go out.

"Master, let's go to Jiang Shangshu's Mansion." The little servant persuaded, "I definitely can't get into the palace, go find Master Jiang and think of a way." ”

Su Jinqi has now calmed down from her impulsiveness, and at this time she is also afraid in her heart, and the six gods have no master. I listened to the advice of the little maid and went to find my uncle.

But as soon as he arrived in the Shangshu Mansion, the King of Jin realized that it was too late, and his uncle's mansion had already suffered a catastrophe.

Su Jinqi stood in the mansion of Jiang Hengyu, the secretary of the ministry, and saw that the plaque on the gate was destroyed, the windows in the hall were smashed, and the antiques, calligraphy and paintings were torn up and thrown on the ground...... The courtyard was full of domestic servants who had been killed by a sword, and they all died without looking at them. Their blood converged into a red stream, winding and circling, a truly miserable sight on earth.

Su Jinqi felt that her legs were weak and she didn't dare to step into the inner courtyard again. He was afraid to see the corpses of his uncle, aunt and others, and how he would face them.

"You go and see if there are any people alive." Su Jinqi ordered the little servant.

The rest of the guards also helped to dispose of the corpse, Su Jinqi watched everyone carry the corpse back and forth, and saw the deceased's angry, sad, or frightened face, so frightened that she "poofed" and sat on the ground, unable to get up.

At this moment, the sky is getting brighter, the sun is rising in the east, and the red and bright sunlight reflects half of the sky like a sea of fire, but it is not as bright red as the blood here. The sun warms people, but it can't warm Su Jinqi's heart.

Su Jinqi sat in the sunlight for a long time, so long that she didn't know what she was waiting for. Is it waiting for the death of my uncle, or is it one in ten thousand of life?

Finally, the little guy rushed over and said breathlessly: "Master, Master Jiang and Master Jiang are still alive!" ”

"Take me to him!" Su Jinqi suddenly gained strength and stood up suddenly.

But when he came to his uncle, he found that the truth was not as good as he imagined. Although my uncle is alive, he only has one breath left, and it is the last breath he holds to see King Jin!

At this moment, Jiang Hengyu was covered in blood, grabbed his sleeves with trembling hands, and said to him, "King Jin, run." The crown prince initiated a palace change. ”

Su Jinqi couldn't hold back the sadness and fear in his heart at this time, and he asked his uncle with tears in his eyes: "The mother concubine is dead, what should I do now?" ”

"Go to King An...... He led the Forbidden Army...... Go find him. Jiang Hengyu gasped, he was already dying, "Run, run." Go to King An, go to Liu Yongzhou, go to Dong ......"

Before he finished speaking, his head tilted and he ran out of breath.

Su Jinqi hugged his uncle's body and wept bitterly. He felt that all this was like a dream, how could his uncle be a dignified official and a scholar, how could he die so sadly.

"No way, my uncle won't die." Su Jinqi had entered a state of madness, muttering to herself, "This is a dream, this is a dream!" ”

"Lord Jin, the prince's people will come at any time, so let's leave here quickly." A guard persuaded. The rest of the people also had this idea, and they all looked at Su Jinqi expectantly, but Su Jinqi was still motionless and ignored what others said.

Seeing that it was useless to consume like this, the little servant tugged on Su Jinqi's sleeve and begged: "Master, hurry up and go, if you don't leave, it's too late." ”

Su Jinqi looked up blankly, looked around, and was completely out of idea, "Where are you going now?" ”

The little guy didn't have an idea, but fortunately, the guards sent by King An had been instructed in advance, so he said: "King An ordered, if there is nowhere to go, take refuge in King An's mansion for the time being." ”

The location was certain, and everyone said they would go, and they rushed all the way to King An's mansion with King Jin. The gate of King An's Mansion was also closed on this day, and everyone in the palace did not dare to go out. At this time, I heard someone knocking on the door, and the gatekeeper jumped down, and then saw that the person standing outside the door was the object of His Royal Highness the Prince's pursuit; Suddenly, the three souls frightened the two souls, and hurriedly ran into the inner courtyard to tell the princess.

Thanks to Princess An's calm and unhurried handling of things, she heard that there were still people from the forbidden army around King Jin, so she guessed that it was King An's meaning and hurriedly asked her subordinates to open the door.

After King Jin entered the mansion, he was still in shock. Princess Zhao hurriedly ordered someone to cook ginger soup for the King of Jin to be surprised, and ordered someone to close the gate tightly, so that all the guards and slaves in the courtyard took weapons and prepared themselves with the forbidden army.

Sure enough, after a while, the prince heard the wind and personally led people to the Anwang Mansion to knock on the door. Of course, Princess Zhao is not stupid, no matter how people outside shout, they just don't open it. The people outside got impatient and started banging on the door directly.

The offensive begins!

The people outside hit the door with wood, and the crowd inside tactically topped the door, and the two sides were at a stalemate. Princess Zhao showed her composure and unhurried at this time, and ordered all her relatives to hide in the inner courtyard, so there was no chaos in the palace.

Listening to the sound of "knock knock" on the door outside, everyone in the palace is in danger at the moment. The guards clenched their weapons and prepared for the worst. And the women in the room all curled up together, quietly waiting. But in the calm, I vaguely heard a woman sobbing quietly......

Fortunately, this dangerous moment did not last long, and King An finally led a large group of men and horses to arrive.

Although the prince also has many soldiers and horses, they are not the same as the regular army led by King An. It didn't take long for the two sides to decide the winner, and the prince's army was defeated, surrounded by the forbidden army, and finally routed, and committed suicide in despair.

A palace change came to an end.

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After Shao An finished speaking, Feng Che fell silent. Sure enough, what the parties told was far more thrilling and terrifying than what was recorded in the case file. In that palace change, the crown prince died, the concubine died, and many members of the Jin Dynasty were killed. However, such a bloody palace change, under the pen of the historian, will lightly erase those turbulent waves, bloody rain and bloody winds, and only one faction of prosperity and peace will remain between the lines.

Of course, in the eyes of a good case judge like Feng Che, you can immediately see all kinds of doubts hidden in the palace change. Feng Che analyzed: "As we all know, the first emperor did not leave an edict when he died. In this case, the crown prince's succession to the throne is justified, why rebel? ”