Xing Shu on the side sneered: "Don't talk about the Queen Mother at this time, even if the Queen Mother comes back from the dead, she can't save you......"

Ahem, Cai did cough fiercely and glared at Xing Shu, Xing Shu knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly shrank his neck and retreated, not daring to say another word.

At this moment, I heard a person snort coldly: "What are you doing? On top of the mourning hall, what are the people doing with knives and guns? Don't you want to die? ”

When all the guards heard this, they hurriedly returned their swords and bowed down together.

Du Wenhao followed the prestige, and saw a middle-aged man with heavy filial piety pacing over slowly, glanced at everyone, and bowed his hand to Du Wenhao: "Imperial Doctor Du, this king is polite!" ”

The guide on the side hurriedly said: "Lord Criminal, this is Lord Yongwang!" ”

Du Wenhao was even more surprised, this Yongwang Zhao Hao is the second son of Song Yingzong, the younger brother of Song Shenzong, and the elder brother of King Cao. Seeing him so polite, he suddenly became vigilant and said: "Lord, you don't have to be polite, since everyone has torn their faces today, I don't expect to be able to give up, I just need to see the queen mother!" Where is her old man? ”

King Yong glanced at the guards: "Haven't they all retreated?" ”

The guards hurriedly bowed and retreated.

King Yong then arched his hand and said: "Lord Du, I am afraid that there are all kinds of misunderstandings, he is a little anxious when he gives up his brother, and he thinks of the untimely death of the imperial brother, and his heart is sad, so he is reckless." It's better to put down the blade, everyone speaks out in their hearts, and explains things clearly, and everyone understands in their hearts. ”

Du Wenhao naturally did not put down his blade, and said coldly: "Lord Yong, I don't want to do this, but you should know that more than half a year ago, I left the capital by order to be transferred to Chengdu Prefecture Yazhou to take charge, and then the emperor ordered me to patrol all walks of life, and mention all kinds of prisons, I am not leaving my post without permission, but I am on an errand, after I received the emperor's critical illness and emergency military information, I came by starry night, and I dare not delay the slightest delay on the road. But the four of them kept saying that they wanted to put the sin of the death of the Holy One on my head, which is not fair! I want to see the Queen Mother! Unless the Queen Mother comes, I will put my sword down!" ”

King Yong wept and said: "The emperor and the empress dowager have died one after another, and the two funerals have to be taken care of, and the empress dowager is presiding over the empress dowager, not here." ”

Du Wenhao said: "That's good, I didn't dare to drive the queen mother to come in person, but I was afraid that if I left alone, I would be poisoned, so I had to let Cao Wangye accompany me. "After that, grab King Cao and go out.

Unexpectedly, Cao Wang's steel knife was on his neck, and he was already frightened, his whole body was weak, and even his pants were wet, where could he move half a step.

King Yong stepped forward and said, "Lord Du, how about letting this king replace his younger brother and accompany him to meet the queen mother?" ”

After that, Du Wenhao was not allowed to have any objections, and his back was back, and as soon as he was restrained, he walked over, stood still in front of Du Wenhao, and looked at Du Wenhao calmly.

Du Wenhao admired this King Yong a little in his heart, thinking that the other party was acting like this, and he would take hostages again, so that he would be stingy, but he was in danger and his life was important, but he didn't care so much. At that moment, he stretched out his left hand and grabbed the Yongwang vein.

Lin Qingdai said that if the pulse gate is detained, half of the body will be sore, and it will not be able to exert strength at all. Even if the opponent's martial arts are much higher than his own, as long as the pulse is detained, he will only be slaughtered. So Du Wenhao was determined. Removed the single knife, pulled a knife flower, and turned it back: "Lord Yong, he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, in order to save his life, he can only be offended." ”

One of King Yong's hands was tightly clasped by Du Wenhao, but he didn't exert any force, as if this arm was not his own. His face was calm and composed: "Lord Du is quick to talk, this king has said it, I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding." The younger brother and the king and others didn't know the reason, but they only heard that the adult was the imperial doctor, but the emperor and the empress dowager were not around when they were critically ill, and they were in a hurry, so they took the liberty of it, but they didn't mean to frame it. ”

Du Wenhao thought to himself, this is also true, not every official's transfer and promotion, others will be clear, many people have nothing to do with themselves, not to mention that people are dignified princes and prime ministers, and they will not care about the transfer of such a petty official as themselves. I was a little relieved.

The two walked out side by side, King Yong looked Du Wenhao up and down on his side face, saw that he was gray-headed, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was tired, knowing that he had not lied just now, he sighed: "Lord Du really came in the starry night, otherwise, he would not be so embarrassed." The adults are not lying, they are wrong to blame the adults. ”

Du Wenhao listened to his serious words and spoke very sincerely, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and a grievance in his heart arose, and he didn't feel that his eyes were a little moist, he blinked, and said: "It's a pity that the humble post is still a step too late, and I haven't saved the emperor and the queen mother, so I'm really uneasy......

"Adults don't have to blame themselves, this king has heard the royal brother say, the adult is the Chengdu Fulu, firstly, the adult has different views on governing the country and the country, and the royal brother wants to see it, and secondly, he is going to the Tibetan border to find an elixir called cordyceps sinensis to treat the imperial brother."

"You also know about the emperor's illness?"

"Yes, Gonggong Ning found this king several times, saying that before you left, he repeatedly told the emperor to remember to take medicine, but the emperor kept saying that he was not sick and did not need to take medicine, so he was pressed, so he drank a bowl, and he didn't take it for a few days when he was busy, and he gave all the precious medicinal materials you sent from the Western Regions to Master Sima Guang, and he didn't take any of them."

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly in his heart, the emperor did think so before leaving, and also said so, he had solemnly warned him to be cautious about his condition, but he turned a deaf ear. Now that King Yong said this, he proved that he did know about it, and he couldn't help but be a little grateful, but he didn't let go of his pulse in his hand, and now he would rather be a villain than joke with his life.

Du Wenhao asked: "Dare to ask the prince, can the emperor leave an edict on his deathbed, who is in charge of the society?" ”

King Yong sighed and shook his head: "You are your own family, I won't hide this from you, the imperial brother is a sudden illness, and even the imperial doctor is not in a hurry, so he drove back to the west." Therefore, no edict was left behind. ”

Sudden illness? Not even a testament? Was it sudden acute death, or was it murder? Du Wenhao didn't dare to think about it, this kind of palace battle is best to stay away, especially now, when the throne has not yet been determined, the palace is the most dangerous place, maybe when the head will move, it is better to avoid it from afar, don't ask more, the less you know, the better. So I didn't ask much, and grabbed King Yong's hand all the way.

King Yong said a lot, and praised Du Wenhao's medical skills like a god from time to time along the way, but Du Wenhao nervously paid attention to the guards and Cao Wang and others who followed, for fear that King Yong would use this to distract himself, so that the guards could come to the rescue. But seeing that those people were just following from afar, and had no intention of coming to the rescue, my heart was a little relieved.

Seeing the white flags in the Empress Dowager's bedroom from a distance, Du Wenhao was a little relieved in his heart, and said to King Yong: "Lord, you have offended your humble position, if you have the life to live, you must come to the door to apologize!" ”

King Yong stood still, stared at Du Wenhao, and said, "Okay!" This king remembers your words. Moreover, this king also gives you a guarantee that today's incident is a pure misunderstanding, and this king will not allow anyone to pursue it, nor will he mention anything! - Did you hear that? He said these last words, which he turned to the crowd that followed, and the voice was so loud that everyone heard it.

King Cao and the others hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

Du Wenhao didn't know what this King Yong meant, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he pulled him to the front of the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

Du Wenhao asked: "Can the Queen Mother be inside?" ”

The guard bowed down and said: "Yes, but the queen mother is taking the emperor and other concubines at the moment, and she is chanting the scriptures to the emperor and the queen mother. ”

Du Wenhao said: "How long will it take?" ”

The guard said, "Seven days." ”

Du Wenhao complained bitterly in his heart: "Can you report to go in, just say that I am back." ”

The guard on duty shook his head and said: "Lord Du, please forgive me, the Queen Mother has already explained that in the past seven days, no matter who it is, she will not see it, and she must concentrate on chanting." But all state affairs and government affairs are temporarily handled by Prince Yong, Prince Cao, as well as Cai Qu and Wang Jue. ”

Du Wenhao had no idea for a while, and he didn't know whether to wait in this dormitory for seven days or go back. I don't know if what King Yong said just now counts.

Unexpectedly, King Nayong raised his hand and said: "Lord Du came back from the starry night, and the journey was hard, please go back and rest first, if you want to pay tribute to the emperor and the queen mother, I am afraid you will have to wait a few days, and the court will set up a sacrificial hall for civil and military officials to mourn." - Let's go, this king will send the adults out of the palace and return home! ”

After that, just leave, Du Wenhao's mind turned, this is okay, there is Lin Qingdai at the gate of the palace, with her, my heart is steady, and I am about to fight, I expect that with her martial arts, it should be okay to save myself from trouble.

The two talked all the way to the gate of the palace. Lin Qingdai saw him come out from a distance and hurriedly greeted him.

Du Wenhao glanced back, and saw that the guards were far behind, even if they let go at this moment, Lin Qingdai would arrive faster than them, so he threw the single knife on the ground from behind and kicked it behind the palace gate. Then he let go of King Yong's hand, clasped his fists and saluted deeply: "Lord Yongwang, I will accuse you again." ”

King Yong put his hands behind his back, stared at Du Wenhao for a moment, and said in a low voice: "To tell the truth, this king admires your talent very much and has the heart to get acquainted. When the funeral is over, the king will set up a family banquet to invite, but the adults must not push it back. ”

Du Wenhao thought to himself, if King Yong wants to do it to himself, there is no need to wait until the funeral is all over, and then set up a Hongmen banquet to kill himself, if that day comes, it means that King Yong really doesn't want to make a big deal about it, and really let himself go. People are princes, and they are warmly invited, so there is no reason not to go. Busy with a deep salute: "Thank you prince, I will definitely come to the door to apologize!" ”

"Don't dare! Please go back and rest early. ”

Du Wenhao gave another salute, then turned around, took Lin Qingdai's hand, flew on the horse, and rode away.

After leaving the palace far away, Du Wenhao told him what he had just experienced, Lin Qingdai was so shocked that her back was cold, she couldn't imagine that these people would impose such a crime, this imperial doctor is really not good. Hurriedly asked Du Wenhao what to do next.

Du Wenhao thought for a while and said, "There's no way, now I can only wait for the Queen Mother to finish reciting the scriptures." Wait for her to show it, and it will be easy. ”

Lin Qingdai said: "Let's hide first, don't we buy a big mansion, or hide somewhere, the rumors are haunted, and others shouldn't have thought that we would hide there." Let's take a look at the movement. ”

Du Wenhao nodded and said, "That makes sense, then let's not go back first, let's see if there is any tracking, and then go to the haunted mansion to hide for a few days." ”

The two of them paid attention to the back all the way, but they didn't see any eye-catching people to follow, and came to the teahouse not far from Wuweitang, after the two went in, the shopkeeper was very happy, and came over to greet Du Wenhao, Du Wenhao said a few simple greetings, left the horse in him, said that he had something urgent to leave, let the shopkeeper find two sets of clean clothes, the two changed, left the teahouse from the back door, walked through the streets and alleys, bought some food and drink on the road, and came to the side of the house after wrapping.

The house was still desolate, and the two of them found a small room to live in away from the hallucinogenic pool.

In the next few days, Lin Qingdai used the night to sneak back to the surroundings of Wuweitang to check the movement, but she didn't see anything unusual, everything in Wuweitang was still the same, Hantou was sitting in the front hall to diagnose the patient, there were still many patients, and two other doctors were invited to help. There were no eye-catching people squatting around. After coming back and telling Du Wenhao, both of them felt that this King Yong was really good at talking, and maybe they would really let go of the fact that they had taken the two princes hostage. It's just that I don't know if this is King Yong's generosity, or if he has some other purpose.

On the third day, news came that the palace set up a mourning hall and began to accept the condolences of civil and military officials. Du Wenhao's official is nothing in the court, so there is no need to rush there.

On the fifth day, there was still no movement, and the two were sure that King Yong really had no intention of dealing with Du Wenhao, so they returned to Wuweitang.

When he saw Du Wenhao coming back, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed. When asked if he would accept them for money, Du Wenhao only said that he rushed back to mourn and took the first step, and they came later.

The next day, Pang Yuqin and the others finally arrived, and they also guessed that something big must have happened in the capital, otherwise Du Wenhao would not have rushed back in such a hurry. So I also rushed here in a hurry, and it was also a long journey, and people were sleepy and tired, but fortunately, the road was safe.

When he arrived in the capital, he knew that the emperor and the empress dowager had died, and Du Wenhao failed to catch up with the rescue of the emperor and the empress dowager, and he was also overwhelmed.