In the fifth year of Xianqing (660 AD), the fifth day of the third month of spring, the fifth quarter of the hour.

Jinyang Palace, Taiyuan City, outside the Chengtian Gate in the south, Yang Sixun, the general of the Right Tun Guard, returned to the temporary office after inspecting the guards. Instructed the guards to serve tea, sit cross-legged on a low couch, and look down at the palace forbidden map. Staring at Zuo Qianniu's Mansion, thinking of that strange person, he became more and more uneasy.

The next big gamble was really dangerous, and there were waves in my heart again. Is it worth gambling on the future of the family and getting asymmetric benefits? For a while, the six gods had no owner, grabbed the pen holder and the barrel, and threw it directly on the ground. Open the pocket at your waist, take out ten copper coins, and throw them into the green bamboo pen holder.

Slowly close your eyes, fold your hands in prayer, pick up the pen holder and shake it, and sincerely divinate the good fortune and evil. At this time, the door of the house opened, and Yang Jiaben walked in, saw his father divination, and stood quietly next to him. Soon the pen holder buckled the couch and the noise stopped.

Yang Sixun opened his eyes, looked like he was facing a great enemy, removed the pen holder in his hand, and fiddled with the divination coins. There are a total of ten copper coins, only one of which is obverse, and the four words "Kaiyuan Tongbao" are particularly dazzling. picked up the copper coin, his white face turned black into the bottom of the pot, and his mouth muttered and repeated: Nine deaths in one life...

Seeing that he was depressed, Kamoto was a little worried and came over to comfort him. When I saw the copper coin, I suddenly thought of something, and asked in a low voice: "This copper coin is very familiar, it should be changed, is Grandpa very familiar with him?" ”

Yang Sixun was stunned, and suddenly stood up, with a low couch in front of him, his face was as pale as paper. Yang Jiaben was frightened and hurriedly reached out to help, but was stopped by waving his hand. Yang Sixun's eyes widened, staring at his eldest son, and asked word by word: "This is Wukang's?" ”

Yang Jiaben examined it again, focused on it, and said chiseledly: "The copper coin is polished around it, and it is sharp enough to cut the flesh and skin, and it is called a money dart." I have witnessed with my own eyes that at a distance of two zhang away, the copper coin he shot was nailed to the red heart of the arrow target. ”

Yang Sixun was struck by lightning, holding copper coins and running away, looking for the right guard Zhonglang General. Pull him to a remote corner, grit his teeth and command: "Inform everyone, without my orders, you are not allowed to act rashly." Find me the fastest horse, find it now! ”

Zhonglang will sprint away, Yang Sixun trembled, and Dou Da cold sweat slipped down. The strange copper coin in his hand was found on the morning of the second day of junior high school, when Wuyi Lane and the Zhao family were lingering and were about to leave, it was under the west windowsill.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he gasped at the thought of that person. I am a cousin to the Queen, and he is the Queen's brother and father, so he should be close to me. But the way he looked at me, with indifference and detachment, and a murderous aura, it was very unreasonable.

Could it be that our plans are all in his hands, otherwise he would not follow me? I thought of the sentence: The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. Once again, as if struck by lightning, with the help of General Zhonglang, he climbed on the back of the horse with difficulty and galloped to Wuyi Lane.

In the inner hall of Jinyang Palace, at the banquet of Wu's relatives and friends, the little lady with a beautiful mole, a suspect in the coup, was offering tea to Mei Niang. Mei Niang reached out to pick it up, and Wu Kang quietly arrived, intercepting the hot teacup. Gently put it on the table, looked at the beauty mole, and smiled without smiling: "Beauty, why be a thief?" ”

If you pretend to be forced like this, the noisy inner hall will be silent in an instant. Everyone didn't know why, their eyes focused on the burly general, and Mei Niang frowned lightly. The fuss is very timid, and the ass leaves the bench, hides behind his mother, and pokes his head out mischievously.

The beauty mole hung her head and was silent, and Wu Kang said lightly: "The blood flow is accelerating, and the face is flushed; rapid heartbeat, chest tightness and shortness of breath; Shortness of breath and slight tremors of the body. By all indications, you are nervous right now, what are you afraid of? ”

The head drooped even more, the trembling was more obvious, and Mei Niang's face was cold. Wu Kang smiled lightly and continued to analyze: "The wife of the county lieutenant of Wenshui, the background of the Hongnong Yang family, and all kinds of big scenes have long been exposed to it, so you shouldn't be so flustered. If you are in awe of the queen, you can not respect tea, and there are eight people at the same table, you don't have to be. ”

Picked up the teacup in his hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and said unhurriedly: "It's very strange for me to get here from there, and I can't leave the teacup." Could it be that this cup of tea, with special seasonings, whispered to me, what was added? ”

Yang collapsed directly, his face was as pale as paper, and several cold sweats slipped down. The guests collectively lost their voices, all of them panicked, and some got up and left the table. The guards sensed the anomaly, and all of them rushed to the inner sanctum, accompanied by the sound of chaotic footsteps, and quickly controlled the situation.

The thousand cattle knives were all unsheathed, and everyone trembled, and was controlled in their seats, not daring to move a bit. And Yang's tablemates were all stupid, and even hid their faces and whimpered. Qianniu prepares Cui Shenqing, Xiaoqing's own brother, and runs to the main seat to protect Xiaoqing and make trouble.

Yang Jiaye, Yang Sixun's youngest son, also ran here. Wu Kang stretched out his arm and stopped at his chest, pointing to the eastern corner. The gaze is murderous, with no doubt. Yang Jiaye didn't know why, and when he saw the horizontal knife slightly out of the sheath, he was frightened for a while, and obediently ran to the corner.

Two guards, seizing his bow and arrows, watched left and right. Wu Kang loosened the handle of the knife, and Mei Niang coughed lightly and reminded: "Before they enter the hall, they will be searched layer by layer, except for the trouble and Xiaoqing, they will be naked." The palace people are well versed in this, and it is almost impossible to bring in foreign objects. Kang Lang, tell me, how did she do it? ”

It's hard to say this, leaning over to her ear, and explaining it like this. Mei Niang was disgusted, looked at Yang with disdain, and waved her hand at her henchmen. Six personal maidservants left with Yang on their back. She was like a walking corpse, she didn't resist at all, and she accepted her fate depending on the situation.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was interested, Wu Kang also leaned over and explained to her as well. Xiaoqing was dumbfounded, seeing her husband's ambiguous expression, thinking of the privacy of the boudoir, she blushed directly. That disgusting appearance, I guess I don't have an appetite anymore, and I can enjoy a hearty meal.

About half an hour later, the maidservant came to the Yang family and threw it directly on the ground. Baliang was furious, handed over the paper ball in his hand, and reported cautiously: "Back to General Wu, what was found in his belly pocket was confirmed by the slaves and slaves to be not something in the palace." ”

Wu Kang stretched out his hand to take it, opened it carefully, and looked at it carefully, there was residual powder. Sniff it lightly, the taste is about the same, as expected. Peeked at his daughter-in-law, raised the paper in his hand, and smiled ambiguously again. Xiaoqing rolled her eyes and turned her head away.

The atmosphere began to be solemn, Mei Niang's face sank like water, turned her head to look at the Yang family, gritted her teeth and said: "You are from the Guanwang family, and you are in the same room as A-Niang, if you speak by generation, we are cousins." You are from the concubine's room, you can marry the county lieutenant of Wenshui, you are stained with my light, why will you take revenge? ”

Yang's face was like ashes, his lips kept trembling, and he hung his head and remained silent. Mei Niang suppressed her anger, her eyes burst with murderous energy, and she stared at her fingers in a daze. Wu Kang pointed to the teacup and instructed Cui Shenqing: "Catch a cat or dog, and then ask the saint to move, there is a good show to watch here." ”

Cui Shenqing hesitated, leaned over and whispered: "I heard Li Yang say just now that Chang'an is in an urgent official document, and the saints and prime ministers are discussing in the Guande Palace. The Silla envoy is also there, it should be a military event, and his subordinates secretly think that it is not appropriate to alarm the holy driver. ”

The Silla envoys attended the meeting, and if it was not bad, they once again asked the imperial court to send troops to attack Baekje. Looking at the situation in front of you, it is indeed not appropriate to be disturbed. Make sure that the tea is poisoned first, wait until the dust settles, and then report to Li Jiu. Thinking of this, he waved his hand and signaled to go quickly and return quickly.

began to give orders, prepare to control Yang, and prevent suicide in fear of crime. When it was determined that the tea was poisonous, he used her as a breakthrough to find out Murong Baojie and Yang Sixun. There may be a windfall, and there will not be only two masterminds who have planned a coup d'état.

Excavate as much as possible, check the leaders of the Long system, and kill them all, and then kill a river of blood. turned to look at Mei Niang, and saw that he was stunned and was hit very badly. I told you a long time ago that my uncle's family is not credible, they are Guanlongmen Valve, and they are more inclined to the interests of the Gate Valve, not your niece.

Soon a quarter of an hour passed, Cui Shenqing came back with the cat, grabbed the cat's waist and put it on the table. Wu Kang pinched a piece of mutton, dipped it in the medicinal tea, and placed it next to the cat. The flower cat feasted, whirring and eating the slices of meat, and kept meowing.

And then there's the moment to witness the miracle. Five minutes passed, and Hua Miao thought about Wu Kang, and she still wanted it. Cui Shenqing was a little stunned, let go of his hand slightly, and the flower cat jumped forward, aiming for the mutton on the plate. The appearance of a dragon and a tiger is not like poisoning?

Grab the flower cat again, Wu Kang took the mutton again, dipped it in tea for a long time, and threw it on the face of the flower cat. The same eating of meat, there is still nothing, this script is wrong. Based on Yang's performance, as well as the weird medicine bag, the tea is absolutely poisonous.

Is the dose too light, or is the flower cat too resistant? Wu Kang didn't believe in evil, pinched the mutton again, pressed it into the teacup, and brought the teacup over. The flower cat ate and drank, still no signs of poisoning, and after enjoying the mutton, he raised his head and meowed.

Two quarters of an hour passed, and the cat's head was still meowing, naked mockery. People and cats looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes, and Wu Kang was stunned. It's also an actor who plays tricks, what about your work ethic, why don't you bleed out, why don't you stare and stretch your legs?

As the minutes passed, Wu Kang turned around abruptly and looked at the collapsed Yang. The two looked at each other, both dumbfounded, both in disbelief. I was also wondering why the cat didn't die, this couldn't be.

Wu Kang gritted his teeth, the little ladies who hit the street, were they pitted by the pharmacy. At such a critical moment, you bought fake medicine, why don't you die. The scene was extremely embarrassing, Cui Shenqing coughed lightly, and asked cautiously: "The flower cat is not poisoned, what should I do next?" ”

The guests also understood that there was no poison in the tea, and this was a farce. Yang cried loudly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I was wronged, the queen treats me, and I don't dare to do harm." The slave's innocence is ruined, the reputation of the husband's family is tarnished, the reputation of the Yang family is insulted, and the slave doesn't want to live anymore..."

After that, he got up, ran to hit the wall, and quickly stopped her in the corner. Wu Kang can come back to his senses, what's the situation, I was ruthlessly slapped in the face, the script is definitely wrong. Turning her head to look at Mei Niang, her expression was very embarrassed, and she didn't know how to explain.

The guest let out a long sigh, it turned out to be a false alarm, and looked at Wu Kang again, with disdain and weirdness. Mei Niang rolled her eyes lightly, she is not worried about being well-off, I will end it for you. Turning his head to look at the Yang family, he said in an official tone: "Kang Lang is a general of Qianniu, and it is his duty to investigate potential safety hazards, you must understand." ”

Picking up the paper ball on the table, ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "It was the palace people who were careless that this ball of yellow paper was brought into Jinyang Palace without your knowledge." Kang Lang became suspicious because of this, causing today's misunderstanding, so let's stop here. Don't be sad cousin, I'll make it up to you. ”

This cousin called out, giving Tianda a lot of face, but don't be ignorant. Yang wept and cried, knelt down again to thank him, and several handmaidens hugged him and returned to his original seat. Mei Niang instructed eight taels and rewarded five jade silk horses to soothe her pain.

When the dark clouds dissipated, the flat ground rose again, and Li Yang hurriedly ran over. first saluted the queen, and then anxiously reported: "There was a big case in Wuyi Lane, and Yang Sixun, the general of the right guard, died in the residence of General Murong. It was preliminarily concluded that it was a dove killing, and the parties involved were General Murong and his concubine Zhao. ”

Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, thunder stunned everyone present, Yang Jiaye screamed, crying and rushing out. Wu Kang turned around suddenly, looked at Mei Niang, and saw the truth from the other party's eyes. Both of them knew that this was a coup d'état, a coup d'état against the samurai.

Li Yang was impatient: "Don't be in a daze, big guy, half an hour later, the state government will try the case." Di Renjie presided over the trial, and the saints and prime ministers, as well as the state officials, were all present to observe. General Li has an order to let you lead the left Qianniu Mansion and be responsible for the defense. ”

So in line with his heart, he said goodbye to Mei Niang, turned around and strode away. The so-called General Li is Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, and it was he and Li Tao who went to Wuzhou to escort Wukang. General Zuo Qianniufu, Wu Kang's top boss, the two have a very good relationship, and they often drink and chat.

quickly gathered his subordinates, and there were many thoughts for a while, and this case came too suddenly. The general of the third product, the dove killed the general from the third product, an absolute shocking case. If you want to say that there is no cat, the two fools don't believe it. At this moment, it can be determined that Murong Baojie and Yang Sixun are the coup planners.

I didn't have time to think about it, so I led Zuo Qianniu Mansion and quickly drove into the Yamen of Bingzhou. Carefully inspect all parts of the state government, do not let go of the corners, dismiss the staff, and take over the affairs of the court. Set up the scene of the trial to ensure that nothing goes wrong and wait for the saint to arrive.

Di Renjie came first, holding the thick papers, and sat behind the bookcase. Qianniuwei carried the corpse and escorted the suspect into the hall, it was Murong Baojie and the concubine. About a quarter of an hour, Li Yang came to report, Li Jiu and the prime minister came, and everyone lined up to greet them.

The relevant personnel were in place, Di Renjie began to ask about the case, and Wu Kang stood beside Li Jiu, staring at Murong Baojie. Damn the old fox, he was very decisive, and he actually killed people. As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji died, you jumped out, and all the Guanlongmen valves should all go to hell.

Listening to the familiar voice at this moment, Wu Kang instantly realized. The woman in front of her was in Wuyi Alley, rolling sheets with Yang Sixun. For others, the case is incredible, but he is too lazy to pay attention. Begin to meditate and connect the ins and outs.

Li Jiu's tour of the state was confirmed in October last year. It was also at that time, with the Murong Bao Festival as a harmony, many Guanlong tycoons jointly planned this coup d'état. planned to take advantage of the fortunate annexation of the saint and the weakness of the escort force, to win over the generals, force Li Jiu to abolish Mei Niang, and set up Guan Longnu as the queen.

Yang Sixun is a subordinate general, and his support or disobedience directly affects success or failure. He is related to Mei Niang, and Mei Niang is less vigilant, so he pulls him into the gang, and the coup has a better chance of winning. In Murong Baojie's view, Yang Sixun can fight, and even must fight, because he is also related to Long.

The startling wood clapped, the woman hid her face and wept, and replied intermittently: "Lang Jun loves the slave very much, settles the slave in the outer room, and often invites General Yang to banquets." General Yang always complained, saying that Lang Jun was snub in giving birth to his wife and let Lang Jun sell his slaves. The slave held a grudge, and on this occasion, the dove wine poisoned General Yang. ”

Di Renjie snorted coldly, and said in a chiseled manner: "Zhao, you are lying, Baojie did not listen to persuasion, and he loves you undiminishedly." Even Hu Cong and the state will take you by his side, so General Yang Sixun has no threat to you. According to this officer's investigation, they drank alone, and you didn't serve around. Aren't you afraid of killing the treasure festival by mistake? ”

The people who were there to listen were all foxes who had become spirits, and the Zhao family was full of mistakes, and no one would believe it. She is the ghost of the dead and the Murong Baojie, so as to cover up the truth. Li Jiu's eyes looked at Murong Baojie with incomprehension and regret.

Murong Baojie sighed, looked at Di Renjie and said, "I killed the person, I already knew that he had an affair with the Zhao family." We're old friends, and we've reminded him, but he's still the same. Yesterday they fornicated and I broke them on the spot. The old man couldn't bear it anymore, so he invited him to a party today and poisoned the wine. ”

It is also full of mistakes, the old man is more than half a hundred years old, and he has successively sent envoys to the Turks and Tuhun Valley, and he is calm and spicy. It is impossible to kill Yang Sixun because of a woman or a dispute of tongues. That's Youtun as a general, a prominent family, and the queen's cousin.

Wu Kang already understood that he poisoned Yang Sixun in order to kill people. They met this morning to start a coup d'état, but Yang Sixun temporarily repented. Just now in the inner hall, Yang's tea was drugged, which was instructed by Yang Sixun. In addition, the medicine she gave should not be poison, if it is not bad as expected, it is an anesthetic or something.

Mei Niang's situation is bound to cause chaos, and Qianniuwei will martial law the inner hall. The main temple was guarded empty, and they took this opportunity to send troops to complete the coup d'état. Yang Sixun suddenly changed his hexagram and did not give Yang's anesthetic, causing Nai Weng to be slapped in the face. Wu Kang frowned and pondered, what was the reason that prompted him to repent?

As the trial continued, I thought of that possibility, and I was puzzled. For Yang Sixun, Mei Niang is a niece, and it is not a bad thing for her to sit on the queen's throne. And if the coup fails, it will be retaliated against with an iron fist, and the whole family will be harmed. Therefore, its determination to reverse the force is far less resolute than that of the treasure festival.

Baojie learned that he changed his hexagram, and he would definitely kill people, he knew too much. Baojie also knew that he had poisoned Yang Sixun, and he was still resolute. Because of this coup d'état, there are other accomplices, and he wants to protect his comrades.

Wu Kang looked at the dead corpse, gritting his teeth with hatred, and he had no eggs. Nai Weng sent Qian Shun to kill Murong Qing on the street, which is to give you an excuse for "Qingjun's side", the best excuse for a coup d'état. Yang Sixun, who hit the street, why did he suddenly change his hexagram and disrupt my plan, and he was innocent of death.

If he knew that what caused Lao Yang to change his hexagram was the money dart that fell when he eavesdropped on the corner of the wall, he would definitely regret it. Then he looked up at the sky, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and muttered "People are not as good as heaven".

When the case came to an end, Di Renjie gave a qualitative verdict, and Murong Baojie was jealous and poisoned Yang Sixun. and according to the "Law of Thieves", Murong Baojie was sentenced to hanging, and Zhao was sentenced to imprisonment. Li Jiu cared for his old feelings, interfered with judicial justice, and changed his sentence to exile in Lingnan, where he could not leave for the rest of his life.

The long-planned coup d'état, Wu Kang's scheming, Baojie's strategizing, and the battle of wits and courage. It was only because of Yang Sixun's violent death that he had to be stillborn, and finally disappeared into invisibility. The thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and the heavy fists smashed into the water, splashing a few drops, and not a single fish egg was harvested.

On the same day, he had a long talk with Mei Niang, and when he returned home at night, Wu Kang couldn't sleep at night. Thinking of the lurking enemy, I kept sighing and what to do to force them to surface...