The king sat on the ground in terror. Moving back a little, my face distorted. The old stunned and frightened screamed: "Brother Huang! Brother Huang spares his life! ”

The black and white impermanence on the surface of the lake also fluttered over, and countless ghosts with broken heads and feet appeared in a trance, groaning miserably.

"Give me my life"! Song Shenzong floated in mid-air, his hands raised.

King Yong's hands waved wildly: "Spare!" Spare your life, Brother Huang! I was wrong, I know I was wrong, spare my life".

"Say, why did you kill me with cinnabar?" Song Shenzong's voice fluttered.

"It's all "It's all Sima Tianshi's idea, I don't want to be like this, Brother Huang spares his life!" ”

King Yong's eyes widened in horror, and he kept retreating from the sitting, but he didn't expect that he had retreated to the edge of the hill, his hands were empty, and one fell down the hill to the onion, and fell into the mud by the lake with a thud.

The hula sound kept sounding, and countless corpses and bones appeared all around, stretching out Bai Sensen's hand to grab King Yong. Grab his hand. Pull his head and bite his shoulder.

King Yong was only frightened: "Brother Huang! I was wrong! I shouldn't have poisoned you, spare my life,,! ”

Song Shenzong, who was floating in mid-air, roared sharply: "Say"! Why did you kill me?

"I'm damned! They all covet the throne of the imperial brother, so "I count death, this is all Sima Tianshi's idea".

"How did you kill me? Say! ”

"Sima Tianshi told me, said". said that he knew in alchemy that he would die if he ate too much cinnabar, but others would not know, let me add cinnabar to your medicine, and I could kill you without knowing it" I should die, I should die, I listened to his words, and begged the imperial brother to spare his life! Ahh ”

King Yong kept rolling in the mud, choking and coughing. He screamed in terror, his voice was terrible and terrible, his face was scratched with blood, his face was distorted and deformed from fright, and his hands kept pushing and beating, fighting against the ghosts that were biting and scratching him.

The ghosts dragged him towards the center of the lake, screaming and screaming in terror, and his body kept moving towards the center of the lake.

Seeing that the lake was overflowing his waist, a person on the hill by the lake shouted: "Save people!" ”

Immediately, the lights around were suddenly bright, as bright as day, and several guards with gas masks on their heads and faces ran over, picked up King Yong from the quagmire, got on the hurdle, and ran quickly to Xiaorang not far away......

King Yong was covered in mud, his urine and urine had been frightened and incontinent, and the feces and urine flowed all over the place. The stench was so bad that a few of his guards were wearing gas masks, but the guards at the foot of the hill couldn't avoid the stench. I could only frown but didn't dare to pinch my nose and fan the wind.

At this time, on the top of the hill, three people slowly walked down, but they were the Queen Mother, Du Wenhao and Jiao Gonggong.

The queen mother looked at King Yong, who was covered in mud and kneeling on her knees, looking at the sky in horror and screaming for help. sighed lightly and said, "Yan'er, I can't think of it." For the sake of the throne, you have poisoned your royal brother."

At this time, the "Song Shenzong" by the lake came over, took off the gas mask on his face, took off the yellow robe on his body, and bowed down in frustration and said: "Queen Mother, the child didn't expect him to murder the imperial brother." What a "sigh! ”

It turned out that at this time, Du Wenhao directed a play in the haunted house he bought. The bottom of the pond in the house is about three watches every night. A gas that can give people the illusion of horror will come out. It spreads in low-lying areas near ponds. Playing the role of Song Shenzong, it is Zhao Mo, the king of Cao, with a gas mask on his mouth and nose. Black and white on the surface of the lake. It is a paper figure manipulated with a rope, and in the terrifying hallucinations produced by King Yong's inhalation of hallucinogenic gases, these have become real people.

Especially the Song Shenzong pretended to be King Cao. Originally, the brothers were very similar, even if they wore gas masks to cover their mouths and noses, but their eyes and body shape made King Yong, who was hallucinating, still have illusions, thinking that what he saw was the ghost of Song Shenzong. Frightened. Admitted the fact that he used cinnabar to murder Song Shenzong.

Du Wenhao asked the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother." Who is Sima Tianshi that King Yong said just now? ”

The queen mother hated and said: "It's a diner in his house." The Taoist who burns Dan and smelts mercury, Xiao Jiaozi. You immediately take someone to arrest this damn Sima Daoren, throw him into the prison, and put him to death at noon tomorrow! ”

Father-in-law Jiao hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly left with the Ouchi guards.

King Cao saw King Yong's house kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to the sky. Crying and sparing, I couldn't bear it, so I hugged him and said, "Brother Huang, it's okay, the queen mother will forgive you for your crimes." Ouch"! ”

King Yong was completely frightened crazy. Treating King Cao as a ghost, thinking that he was going to murder him, he went crazy in fright, opened his mouth, and bit King Cao on the shoulder. Immediately, King Yong got up and stumbled out.

"Stop him quickly". The Queen Mother exclaimed.

The guards hurriedly rushed up and grabbed King Yong. Put him back. King Yong struggled desperately, kicking and beating, and shouted in a hissing voice: "Brother Huang, spare your life!" I was wrong! I shouldn't have murdered you! Go away! Don't come here, you ghosts! Go away,."

The queen mother looked at her son and wept, and said to Du Wenhao: "Ying'er, what's wrong?" Show him. ”

Du Wenhao smiled secretly in his stomach, seeing that King Yong was frightened crazy, he was really happy, and he couldn't ask for it. Where will he be treated. On the surface, he hurriedly agreed, walked over, grabbed King Yong's hand to check the pulse, and after a while, he changed his hand again.

King Yong kept struggling and shouted for mercy.

Fortunately, with the control of the guards on both sides, Du Wenhao successfully completed the pulse diagnosis, shook his head and came back, and said: "Queen Mother, Lord Yong is too frightened, the settlement of the North Jue and the machine is chaotic, and the yin and yang are out of balance." King Yong's liver and gallbladder were damaged due to extreme fright, and his madness was very violent, so he was afraid that it would not be easy to treat. When I go back to Weichen to make a prescription, let King Yong recuperate quietly, maybe it will get better

The queen mother wept and said: "There is no need to treat it, he conspired against him, and the crime should be executed." Let him be a martyr for the emperor! ”

Du Wenhao's heart blossomed, this is the best result.

When King Cao heard this, he was shocked, although he was bitten hard by King Yong, but after all, he had deep brotherly affection, and knelt down and kowtowed to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, please." Let's bypass the royal brother! He's still crazy. He has been punished, so let's spare his life."

The queen mother looked at her second son, who was crazy and kept begging for mercy, nodded slightly with tears, and looked at Du Wenhao: "What do you mean?" ”

Of course, Du Wenhao hopes to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, how can he leave this scourge, and say that he will not listen to the madness that day. It's not fun to settle accounts with yourself. But he couldn't say this, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The queen mother is the female Zhongyao Shun, who knows thousands of miles, and there must be a clear decision, and Weichen does not dare to say anything."

"Female Zhong Yao Shun" alas! The queen mother wept and said: "Born like this, what else do you say about the female Zhongyao Shun!" "Alas! The dead child died, and now he is not stunned and does not let Yan'er accompany the funeral, mourning the family for the rest of his life, who is reliable,"

King Cao said when he was uncomfortable: "The queen mother mourns, isn't there still me?" ”

The queen mother flicked the sleeves of her robe and shouted angrily: "Get out!" ”

King Cao was so frightened that he quickly knelt and crawled to the side. I didn't dare to say anything.

The Queen Mother said to Du Wenhao with tears in her eyes: "Du Xinqing, can you help the mourning family come up with an idea?"

Du Wenhao understood that the Queen Mother still didn't want her second son to die. This is also understandable. Looking at it like this, she will not let her second son inherit the throne, as long as King Yong is not the emperor and has been crazy, it doesn't matter if he dies or not.

However, it is necessary to make this known to everyone, and kick the ball to the Jaepers so that they can say it best. They should come up with a good solution.

So Du Wenhao bowed down and said: "Queen Mother, this matter is very important, and Weichen really doesn't dare to speak rashly." It is better to ask the deacons to discuss, and by the way, the heir emperor will be determined, and it will not be long before dawn, so as to agree as soon as possible, so as not to miss the early morning to lead to the funeral. ”

The Queen Mother thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's the only way, just do what you want, but you also participate!" ”

"The Queen Mother, Weichen is just the commander of the three yadu. It doesn't belong to the ruling system, and it can't be according to the rules

"The rules are all set by people, and the mourning family lets you participate. You just participate. When the time comes, the mourning family will have something to say

Du Wenhao hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Side hall of Funing Palace.

It was nearly five watches, and it was still pitch black all around, because the funeral was about to be brought out at dawn. When the time comes, the important ministers of the court will help the spirit to go to the emperor's tomb. Almost none of them slept, and they were all waiting in the mourning hall. Therefore, the Empress Dowager gave an order, and all seven rulers came to the side hall next to Funing Palace.

The seven rulers are: Zuo Chengxiang Shangshu left servant shot and servant of the door Lang Xingshi Wang Fa, right Chengxiang Shangshu right servant shot and Zhongshu Shilang Xingzhong Shuling Shi Cai Qu, subordinate servant Zhang Wei, Shangshu Zuo Cheng Cai Ka, Shangshu right Cheng Huang Lu, Privy Council envoy Privy Council member Han Jin, Privy Council deputy envoy Tongzhi Privy Council member Lin Xi.

The seven people entered the side hall, only to see an embroidered curtain hanging in the middle of the side hall. On the soft couch behind the curtain, there is a filial queen mother.

On the left side in front of the embroidered curtain, there was a half-grown child, who was Zhao Xu, the king of Yan'an County, the sixth prince. On the left side of the side hall, standing are Zhao Yan, King of Yong, and Zhao Gu, King of Cao. King Cao's face was gloomy, but King Nayong looked frightened, shrunk behind King Cao, peeked up his head from time to time to look up, and kept muttering to himself.

On the right side of the main hall, there is a person standing, but it is the new commander of the three yadu, the imperial doctor Du Wenhao.

The seven rulers were all surprised when they saw this, and the king smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he was very proud in his heart. nodded slightly at Du Wenhao, and then bowed to the Queen Mother first. The other six also bowed.

The Empress Dowager said: "Zhong Aiqing, there is one thing that the mourning family wants to inform the auxiliary ministers

When the seven people heard this, they knew that this must be related to the succession of the future emperor, and they all pricked up their ears one by one, and they didn't even dare to come out.

The Empress Dowager paused, and then said slowly: "The emperor died suddenly, which is very suspicious. The mourning family instructed Imperial Doctor Du to investigate secretly, and it has been ascertained that Zhao Yan, the king of Yong, was instigated by Sima Daoren, a diner under his door. poisoned the medicine taken by the emperor, causing the emperor to be poisoned and die! ”

This was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the seven of them were stunned, and they couldn't help but look at Du Wenhao together.

The emperor continued: "There are all the evidence and material evidence in this matter, and the offender Sima Dao has been arrested, and he confessed to it." Yongwang Zhao Zhu "was mad because of fear of sin, and now he is delirious, and the decoction is incurable."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Ying, the king of Yong, seemed to be making a footnote to the words of the queen mother, screaming, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to the sky, and begging without stopping: "Brother Huang! Spare your life! I was wrong! I shouldn't have poisoned you! Spare your life," there was a knock sound. Blood suddenly dripped.

The seven were shocked and at a loss.

The queen mother looked at King Yong and kowtowed, and she didn't let anyone stop her, as if she didn't see it, and dragged out her tone: "King Yong committed such a serious crime." Sins are unforgivable! mourning the family, let him be martyred for the emperor. What do you think? ”

Wang Fa didn't know that things were like this, and he was stunned for a while, he was just young, and his reaction was slow, so he should have spoken by him. But he was stupid and didn't talk much, and the other six people couldn't have taken the lead in expressing their position, but this was not more than usual, and they couldn't do things according to ordinary rules, Cai did cough lightly, stepped forward and bowed and said: "The Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that King Yong and the emperor have a deep brotherly relationship, if it were not instigated by others, they would never have committed such a serious crime, and it is understandable, and now they are delirious and have been punished by God, and they can be spared martyrdom." He was also ordered to be the envoy of the emperor's tomb forever, to guard the Yongyu Tomb, and to accompany the emperor's brother. ”

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, her cold face softened slightly, the six officials have achieved this position, they are all human spirits, how can you not see that the Empress Dowager is more satisfied with this disposition. Busy all echo the voice.

This result is really wonderful, Du Wenhao's stomach is happy, this is good, let this kid guard the grave of his imperial brother for the rest of his life, and there will be no chance to trouble him. That's a great idea!

He couldn't help but glance at Cai Qu, thinking that this old boy was very accurate in figuring out his intentions, and his heart was ruthless enough, King Yong treated him well, and he fell into the well. Knowing that the Queen Mother would not really be willing to let King Yong be buried, he had to show them an appearance, not only according to the Queen Mother's intention to avoid the funeral, but also came up with such an idea, which was much stronger than flowing three thousand miles or something, and it was handled very properly.

The Queen Mother saw that Zuo Chengxiang Wang Lian had not spoken. Then he asked lightly: "Wang Aiqing, what do you mean by what Zhongqing said?"

Wang Fa was just stunned for a moment just now. At this moment, he had already thought about it, bowed down and said, "Return to the Queen Mother." Regarding what Prime Minister Cai and others said, the old minister seconded it. Other. The old minister thought that in order to take care of the royal face, this matter should not be spread outside, nor should it be included in the official history, so he only said that King Yong missed the imperial brother and voluntarily entered the mausoleum to accompany him. ”

The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth finally showed a satisfied smile. glanced at everyone and said slowly: "Wang Aiqing's proposal, what do you think?" ”

At this moment, the lights in the side hall were as bright as day, and the queen mother, who was satisfied, quietly looked at it, and bowed down together and said, "The ministers seconded it!" ”

"Well, since this is the case, this matter is so decided The queen mother paused, and said: "There is less than an hour, that is, the time to lead the funeral, and the person who leads the royal lead must be determined." Zhong Aiqing, do you have any suggestions?

Now the king of Yong, who is vying for the throne, was convicted of murdering the emperor, and he is already crazy with the emperor's mausoleum, so he can't let a madman be the emperor, so he naturally withdrew from the emperor's competition, and there is only Zhao Xu, the king of Yan'an County, the sixth prince, the only choice. The Queen Mother asked knowingly, obviously wanting to use everyone's mouths to talk about this result. More magnanimity and majesty.

Although this result is lice on the bald head. It's obvious, but the size is also a blessing. However, this time Cai was really embarrassed to take the lead. After all, he originally advocated for King Yong to inherit the treasure, and it is not good to turn too fast this time, it is best to let Wang Jia say it first, and then seconded it himself. Wang Fa also has his abacus, he knows that the succession of the six princes to the throne is a foregone conclusion, at this time the credit for supporting the decision has already been clear, even if it is not said at this time, it will not be affected, at this time, it is best to let the other party take the initiative to say it first, so that the original two factions are unified, it is more appropriate.

Cai did see that Wang Jia didn't say anything, and the queen mother stared at him again, so he had to arch his hand and say, "The minister thinks." The king of Yan'an County is the eldest son of the emperor, according to the ancestor. When the heir is the emperor! Lead out of the funeral, led by the emperor. After the matter was over, the Empress Dowager begged to imitate Emperor Liu and listened to the regime's punishment of the important military affairs, so she knelt down and kowtowed.

Cai Qu originally resolutely supported the succession of King Yong, and was the leader of this faction, but now he has turned to support the succession of the six princes, and Han Zhen and others on his side naturally followed. They expressed their support and knelt down and kowtowed.

This result made Wang Wa very happy, and he also lifted his robe and knelt down: "The world is a great weapon, only the king of Yanping County can accept it, this is in accordance with the mandate of heaven; The Queen Mother is the Empress Dowager, and she will listen to the government with the curtains, and she will be able to keep the country and the people safe! ”

Zhao Xu is the grandson of the Empress Dowager Gao Yijiu, Zhao Xu became the emperor, and Gao Jiujiu was naturally promoted from the Empress Dowager to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Du Wenhao. Seeing him smile and nod at himself, he said slowly: "Since all Aiqing are unanimously advocating that the king of Yan'an County inherit the throne. The same is true of the mourning family. Then it's decided. When the new emperor's enthronement celebration should be held, let's talk about it. ”

Wang Fa bowed and said: "The first emperor mourned for more than a month. State affairs have been temporarily taken by the old minister and Prime Minister Cai, that is, the two princes, and all the ministers dare not make judgments, since the new emperor has been decided, it is appropriate to take the throne as soon as possible. In the eyes of the old ministers, following the example of the emperors after Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the throne was enthroned in front of the cardinal, and the queen mother was begged to listen to the government immediately. ”

The Queen Mother said: "Ascending the throne today, will it be a little hasty?" ”

"The Queen Mother, please rest assured, in the rest of this month, the ministers have prepared all the applications of the new emperor's enthronement ceremony. Just wait for the Queen Mother to make a decision

"Well, you're very thoughtful. What do you mean, Aiqing? ”

Cai Qu and the others also bowed down and said: "The ministers seconded the advice of the prime minister. ”

The Empress Dowager nodded slowly with satisfaction: "Even so, according to what the ministers said, the cabinet will be enthroned." As for this listening to the government, "the mourning family is so quiet, but the young people are still in the middle of the year, and the mourning family listens to the government, and the mourning family can't be idle if they want to." According to the performance of the secretaries, the right to listen to the government. After the emperor becomes a person in the future, the mourning family will return to him. ”

The new emperor was sure, and everyone was happy. It's just that Cai Qu and the others laughed a little reluctantly. Read the latest Dong Jie on the wash stream book and dry the fine concave and say that the situation is Shanqi umbrella