Chapter 678: The White Girl is Dead
The third prince smiled and waved his hand at Zhu Yunmo.
"Come and sit down, this is not the court, let alone my father's imperial study, I say this, naturally there is a reason to say so."
Zhou Heng looked at the three princes again, obviously the capital was really not idle, and the three princes had also found something, otherwise they would not have said so.
"For more than a month, my father has been calling himself sick, his condition is good and bad, he has been to the court less than five times in total, all the ministers are panicked, and the arguments of the prince are endless, and there are even ministers I don't know to promote me.
Ha, you say it's ridiculous, such a clumsy method is still used on the fifth brother, and what's more, I hope that the second emperor brother will come back from Sichuan, and all kinds of voices and all kinds of arguments will come out.
However, Wen Shangshu did not participate in anything, and the prince was even more calm than usual, but he just needed to sort out the folds that needed to be disposed of, and the other excerpts did not participate in too many opinions, and several Zhongtang were left in the palace to deal with these government affairs.
Wen Changjin and these Shangshu also tried their best to dispose of their own things, and those who needed to negotiate were not as red-faced as in the past, Wen Changjin was even more generous, and several sums of money were allocated normally without delay, do you think all this is normal? β
Zhou Heng smiled, lowered his head slightly, and kept thinking in his heart, what did the third prince mean by telling him, did he know the matter between him and Fang Jizhong?
It's impossible, neither Fang Jizhong nor Fang Hua will do this, but compared with the mediocre prince, if this third prince can succeed in winning the heir, it will be a good thing for Daliang and the people, but these are not what he should worry about.
In particular, all kinds of signs point to the movements of the second prince, and these must not be touched.
"The third prince laughed, Zhou Heng is a doctor, His Majesty naturally has arrangements for the affairs of the court, if His Majesty is unwell and needs me to go for diagnosis and treatment, Zhou is naturally obliged, but you say this, I really don't understand."
The third prince smiled, waved his hand and no longer embarrassed Zhou Heng.
"Forget it, don't talk about this, I came here to thank you, and I told you this today, but also to give you and Yunmo a truth, no matter when and what the situation, this king will protect you and King Ning."
After speaking, he stood up, tidied up his robe, left directly without other politeness, sent him away, and naturally loaded the gifts he had just prepared and transported them away, Zhu Yunmo came behind Zhou Heng.
"I said, what does he mean by coming here, is he just to tell us about the capital, or to show goodwill?"
Zhou Heng shook his head, "I don't know the reason, but as long as it's not aimed at us, it's impossible for Fang Jizhong to tell him the details, I think the third prince just guessed something, tomorrow the white girl's coffin will be transported, we Beishan will do a funeral, let them participate in the affairs of the capital." β
Zhu Yunmo pursed his lips and nodded, Zhou Heng's latter words made his heart sink, he also knew Zhou Heng's plan on the road today, after all, he was still wondering early in the morning, why Bai Qingyun didn't follow his peers, but he didn't expect to send Bai Qingyun away.
"Okay, I'll ask Xiao Bo to send someone into the city carefully, to find out one or two, you can rest assured that you will never alarm the factory guards and the Wen family, I think they have also relaxed their vigilance these days, as for those homeless people, it is estimated that he also got them."
Zhou Heng sighed and looked into the distance.
"Hopefully, according to Bai Qingyun, the Jinwu Sect has long been out of the hands of the Chu family, and the forces of all parties are even more ready to move, I think this Wen Changjin, on the surface, wants to use these forces to shake the government and the opposition, but privately let the factory guard's investigation direction directly point to the second prince.
And he, if the power of the Jin Wu Sect succeeds, he will naturally find someone to replace the orphans of the Chu family to change the dynasty, and take a step back is to take advantage of the chaos to force the old emperor to abdicate, and then support the crown prince to ascend the throne, and he controls the court situation on both sides, such thoughts are too terrible. β
Zhu Yunmo shuddered, but if you think about it carefully, it is true.
Although the former seems impossible, if it is the second prince who is contacted, plus the forces left by the Golden Crow Sect, it is not impossible, after all, his father and the generals who have a heavy army are stationed in the border, and it is almost impossible to return to Beijing to escort them in a short time.
And near the capital, that is, the five military camps, Wen Changjin can be so unscrupulous, there is no need to think that the five military camps are already under his control.
As for that step back, it is really invulnerable, a testament can appease everyone, and the garrisons of all parties cannot act rashly.
"The forbidden army is all from the five military camps, and the five military camps are controlled by Zhang Yu, the Duke of Rongguo, and the time period when General Su controls the forbidden army, there are not many people who can control it.
And Zhang Yu has always had a bad relationship with his grandfather Wei Guogong, I remember that his eldest son married Wen Lanhui, the second daughter of Wen Changjin, which is why Yang Weijun was seriously injured, but it cannot be traced, the water in the five military camps is too deep. β
Zhou Heng nodded, he had already guessed this, and he had heard Pang Xiao say it.
"Yes, the five military camps are unreliable, it seems to be a team controlled by His Majesty, but it has not been used for a long time, and many things dare not be believed, so although this Wen Changjin is cunning and cunning, in the face of such a leaky layout, it is really easy to choose to do it, after all, only the factory guards can compete now."
Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes, "Your Majesty's illness came suddenly, and the time was too coincidental, but he has always had a stubborn illness in his body, I think this is not a secret, Wen Changjin can endure it for so long without moving, it is estimated that it is the same as my thoughts." β
Zhu Yunmo was stunned, Zhou Heng did say before that Uncle Huang's illness was very serious, and even if he developed a new drug for his illness, it would not necessarily cure the disease, and Wen Changjin would be even more unscrupulous if he found out.
"Then let's wait!"
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The next day, it was just dawn.
A carriage and a few fast horses were heading towards Beishan, and the little guy who was in charge of letting them go at the intersection saw from a distance that he had already held a telescope to carefully identify it.
The leader is Qu Ziping, this is the steward of the Rejuvenation Hall, and he is the red man of Beishan, this person has tears on his face, and he is the first to ride a horse, and this battle looks like something big has happened, and the little guy quickly waved his hand to the person behind him when he saw this.
"Quick, open the barricades and let them go!"
The people behind hurriedly moved the barricades, and the kung fu team had already rushed to the front, without the slightest intention of slowing down, and rushed directly to the front of the medical school.
When he arrived at the gate of the medical school, Qu Ziping rolled down and rolled down, covered with dust and mud, and the guards hurriedly helped Qu Ziping up.
"What's the matter?"
The tears on Qu Ziping's face were still hanging, he tried to control the trembling of his lips, pulled the man's arm and asked eagerly:
"Where's Childe, Childe is there?"
"Yes, don't worry, my son is resting in the medical school, I guess this person has just gotten up, what's going on?"
Qu Ziping's body shook, and the man held Qu Ziping.
"Quick, help me to see Childe, the white girl is gone!"
The man shuddered, glanced at the carriage behind him, and sure enough, there was a coffin on the carriage.
Bai Qingyun is known to everyone in Beishan, and everyone also knows that Bai Qingyun followed his son to Tongzhou for diagnosis and treatment, how did he come back and become a coffin?
This shock made him stunned, and he suddenly understood why Qu Ziping was so emotionally out of control, and he didn't dare to delay, so he helped Qu Ziping to hurry inside, and the people behind him also dismounted, drove into the courtyard, and all the people knelt in the courtyard in front of the door.
The students who had been exercising in the morning had already gotten up, and when they saw this battle, they didn't know what was going on, so they all looked in this direction.
For a moment, Zhou Heng didn't wear any robes, he pulled his shoes and rushed down directly, followed by Qu Ziping, who knelt on the ground, and the person directly lay on the ground and cried:
"Yesterday afternoon, the white girl dismissed all the people who took care of her, saying that she wanted to sleep for a while, so that no one would disturb her, and about in the evening, the small building where the white girl lived, suddenly thick smoke and fire rose to the sky.
When we rushed over to put out the fire, we couldn't control the fire, and a few guards left by the prince slammed the door and rushed in directly with the quilt, but the white girl ...... The White Maiden has gone. β
Zhou Heng's body shook, Zhu Yunmo on his side supported him, Zhu Yunmo also had grief on his face, raised his foot and kicked Qu Ziping who was kneeling on the ground directly.
"Don't talk nonsense, open the coffin, it's impossible for the white girl to die, the explosion in Beishan was so tragic that it rescued people, a small building is on fire, how can it not be rescued?"
Qu Ziping hurriedly climbed in front of Zhou Heng, seemed to have been kicked by Zhu Yunmo, and felt a little more comfortable, snorted and continued:
"We didn't understand either, but later the guards inspected the scene and said that the fire was ignited from the bed on the second floor, which was poured with oil, and several doors in the small building were pinned with iron rods, which could not be easily opened, and the windows were nailed shut."
Zhou Heng looked sideways at Qu Ziping and pulled the person up.
"Who's watching the scene?"
"Pang XII."
Zhou Heng weakly let go of Qu Ziping and vigorously picked up the cover on the coffin, at this time Xiu'er and they also heard the movement, and Xiu'er hurriedly grabbed Zhou Heng.
"Brother Xue, a few of you come forward and open it!"
Boss Xue moved quickly, took Pang Qi and a few of them, jumped directly into the carriage, lifted the lid of the coffin forcefully, and a charred and carbonized corpse was lying inside.
Zhou Heng followed at this time, climbed into the carriage and looked inside, the scene in front of him made him pause all his movements, and shook his head vigorously for a while.
"No, this is not Bai Qingyun, you are mistaken!"
Qu Ziping dragged Zhou Heng down, hugged Zhou Heng's leg hard, and cried hoarsely.
"Childe's mourning, this is really a white girl, how could we lie to you with this!"
Zhou Heng looked at the coffin in a daze, didn't say a word, and Xiu'er didn't know what words to use to comfort, so she helped Zhou Heng to stand aside.
There were more and more onlookers around, and the people in the theater also ran over when they heard the news, Xue Fan and Su Qingquan rushed out of the crowd, walked directly to the front of the coffin, and looked at the charred corpse beyond recognition.
The eyes of the two fell on the left wrist of the corpse, a lilac bracelet came into view, Xue Fan took two steps forward, took off the bracelet, and held it in the palm of his hand, Su Qingquan inhaled and cried.
"This is the white girl, I know this bracelet, she has always carried it, I heard that this purple chalcedony is extremely rare, and it is even more rare to be able to make a bracelet, and the son can't imitate it."
Xue Fan's words made Zhou Heng also raise his eyes, and Xiu'er hid her face and cried, raising her hand to reveal another purple chalcedony bracelet on her arm.
"This is what I gave to the white girl, it was originally a couple, Zhou Heng, this is what you gave me!"
Zhou Heng hugged Xiu'er and wept silently, Zhu Yunmo came over at this time and waved his hand at Xue Fan and Su Qingquan.
"The theater will be closed for seven days from today, and you are all people brought out by the White Girl, so you will handle the funeral of the White Girl!
As for the dozen or so orphans adopted by the white girl, they are temporarily recorded in my name, and if they are willing to stay in Beishan, they will continue to stay in Beishan, and if they are not willing, they will follow me back to Shizifu, and they will be taken care of, which can be regarded as comforting the spirit of the white girl in the sky! β
Zhou Heng shook his head vigorously, and the whole person couldn't control the trembling.
"Can't stop, this is not Bai Qingyun, you are mistaken, her injuries are repeated, if she is not unable to take the car, she will not be left in Tongzhou, I will send someone to Tongzhou now."
As he spoke, Zhou Heng turned around and was about to leave, when Zhu Yunmo grabbed Zhou Heng and punched Zhou Heng hard.
"You wake up, the people are gone, what are you sending people to Tongzhou for? Later, I asked Xiao Bo to bring people over, the fire in this small building is so sudden and so fierce, obviously it is not an accident, we still have to investigate well, and find the mastermind behind it is what we should do, we can't let the white girl die in vain, right? β
Zhou Heng paused, slowly raised his head, and nodded weakly after being silent for a long time.
"Okay, okay......."
Xiu'er helped Zhou Heng, feeling that his body was falling to the side, and hurriedly called someone Zhu Yunmo to come forward and hug Zhou Heng, and motioned for Pang Qi to come over and send him back to rest.
Only then did he look at the courtyard, the sadness spread, everyone was wiping their tears, Bai Qingyun died, this girl was so beautiful and kind, why did she die like this?
"Cheer me up, Xue Fan, you come to take care of the funeral, and be buried in six days, the cemetery will be selected at the northern foot of the back mountain, I think she must want to be buried here, as for the corpse, hurry up and build a spirit shed, and I will let Zhou Yi'an from Shuntianfu come over later, at least know the cause of death."
Xue Fan raised his sleeves, wiped the tears on his face, and bowed.
"It's Xue Fan who obeys orders!"
After finishing speaking, he turned around and glanced at the red smock on his body, and ripped it off, revealing the moon-white robe inside.
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Beijing, Wen family.
The old housekeeper stood behind Wen Changjin, holding a note and a box in his hand, and didn't dare to move.
Wen Changjin raised his head for a long time and looked at the old housekeeper, his face was a little fierce.
"Actually dead? How did she die, have you examined the body and confirmed that it is her? β
The old butler hurriedly took the note, opened the box, placed it on the table, and returned to the place where he had just stood.
"The news received on the fourth watch, the scene has been mixed in to check, and two arrows were found under the bed, although the arrows were deliberately polished to remove the imprint, but this component still has a form, and the girder is only used in one place, that is, the factory guard."
Wen Changjin snorted, picked up the black arrow and looked at it carefully, the curved faΓ§ade on both sides had been wiped clean, and there was indeed a place on it that had been carefully polished, with a hint of depression on the touch, this arrow was naturally no stranger to him.
Clenched the arrow tightly and sneered twice.
"Sure enough, Fang Jizhong is even more ruthless than me, this is to see that the old emperor is useless, and he wants to get rid of all the hidden dangers, although he doesn't know Bai Qingyun's true identity, but he still suspects it, and would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let go of one.
The people who ambushed them, look carefully, the fire is lit from the inside? Besides, isn't that small building in the backyard of the Rejuvenation Hall, and no one is going to save it? β