The King is back! After a lapse of seven months, the main story has begun to be updated again...... By the way, does anyone remember where the story was last time?

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"How can this happen?"

After dawn, when he heard the news about the anti-Zhenlou, even Zhong Da, who had always been deep, couldn't help but fall into astonishment.

Of course, what the bloody clothes are can't be true, what Zhong Da cares about is the inscription on the jade pendant. Although Li Muxian's meeting with Fa Kuang was not particularly low-key, it would definitely not show traces casually, starting from the water spirit house, he would only find a big high-roller from other places, so the inscription on this jade pendant was accidental...... Or does it have a special meaning?

(Duan Fa Kuang...... Does he himself know about these changes? ）

Zhong Da didn't care about the Yin Yang Sword murder case being traced to Duan Fakuang, this was originally within his consideration.

Assassination? That was only the first step of this plan, and it was the real beginning of this plan to forcibly involve Emperor Xiangxian and Emperor Mufeng in the form of an almost "contest". When the major forces of the major families appeared openly or covertly, Duan Fakuang was no longer useful, and at that time, even if they hadn't noticed Duan Fakuang's existence, Zhong Da would naturally have a way to lay the clues in front of them.

In the final analysis, Zhong Da has never given full trust to this "music lover", in his eyes, Duan Fakuang as a "person surnamed Duan" is his greatest value in this plan, around which Zhong Da has designed all kinds of illusions to ensure that Duan Fakuang can become a fuse that causes chaos.

…… A good fuse should burn out before the red lotus blooms, rather than survive to provide more clues.

But now, the clues of Zhongda's design have not been discovered one by one, but Duan Fakuang has already fallen into the eyes of Emperor Mufeng, and that's it...... However, there was another force, and one didn't know why, and the forces of blood clothes and jade pendants were stuffed into Duan Fakuang's wardrobe!

(Need to eliminate previously scheduled leads?) ）

After thinking about it, he shook his head again, it is not easy to arrange clues that can be "naturally discovered" by people and cannot be traced, many threads have actually been buried long before Duan Fakuang assassinated the Yin Yang Sword, and if it is forced now, it will bring out more flaws.

(Anyway, as long as someone can read His Majesty's true mind, that's fine...... ）

Quickly wrote down a few instructions, and when the little eunuch on duty today walked out quickly, Zhong Da folded his hands and slowly sat under the window, soaking himself in the rising sun.

…… At this time, Zhong Da didn't know that long before the bag of bloody clothes was copied out, Xiao Jindai had already spied on the Anti-Zhenlou for Emperor Mufeng, and also found a set of bloody clothes.

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"It must be fake."

The two husbands respectfully reported that they were over fifty years old and had eaten most of their lives.

"There is chicken blood on the clothes, and it won't take more than half a day to sprinkle it."

"The size is not right, Mr. Duan is dressed thinner."

"The jade was passed off from the white jade of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the yellow mud was mixed with pig's blood to make a pulp. The price on the market will not exceed 100 yuan, just find an antique shop, this kind of jade pendant can also discharge dozens of yuan. ”

"Got it, go ahead."

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple is hanging on his body, although he will not take it seriously most of the time. But Cao Bodao did have enough authority to access the case files and interrogate the criminals. After hearing the news, he intervened as soon as possible, although he did not take over fully in order to avoid suspicion, but he grasped every clue and every bit of progress in real time.

"Duan Fa Kuang ......"

When Cao Bodao asked about something, Cao Zhongde sat next to him, his eyes slightly closed, and he didn't open his eyes until the public retreated, but the first sentence was: "Duan Fakuang happened to be absent last night, who invited him away?" ”

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"Who invited Duan Fakuang last night, who did this."

The protégé is the first in the court, even if it has just gone through such a change, the Liu family still has the ability to get timely and accurate information, Xiaoyin has something to go out, and Wu Shi, the "Qili Ji" who is in the house, will take the lead in researching.

An old pianist was not enough for the Liu family's intelligence organization and strategist system to be activated, but when there were rumors that he was involved in the murder of the Yin Yang Sword, its importance was immediately raised, after all, this was something that Liu Zongliang personally confessed and wanted to fully intervene in.

…… In fact, for this decision, the Liu family has a lot of complaints, no matter who is picking on the side of the general Wang, it is a good thing for the Liu family who is in crisis, standing on the dry bank to see the river rising is the world's first-class beautiful thing, why do you have to step on it yourself? Not to mention, so far, almost all the other forces that have officially intervened on the scene have made it clear that one of the two princes is supporting one of the two princes, only the Liu family has an ambiguous attitude and is secretive, which has only fueled the previous rumors.

In the eyes of these long-experienced strategists of the Liu family, such a frame is simply ridiculous, and what really interests them is who did this, and where they want to direct other people's eyes.

"Li, Li, do you want to lead the Li family into the water? Still is...... Want to climb that wine sea sword fairy? ”

Wu Shi was thinking about it, but he heard a woman laugh and say, "Last night, I invited Duan Qinshi to go out, which was arranged by His Royal Highness." As he spoke, he pushed the door in, and there was a person behind him, with red hair like fire, but wasn't it Sister Xiaoyin?

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"Duan Fakuang, I've seen him."

For the children of the emperor, the "Duan family" is a symbol with a special meaning, and everything related to it will cause them to attach great importance to it, and seven or eight years ago, the emperor knew that there was such a strange descendant of the Duan family, because of the pursuit of music, and gave up his clan and hatred.

After listening to Cao Zhongde's introduction to the situation, Emperor Xiang pondered for a while, but said, "Li ...... Plum? ”

He served tea and said, "Thank you two, please ask Mrs. Cao on your behalf." ”

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On the way back to Cao's Mansion, Cao Bodao finally couldn't help it and asked Cao Zhongde, why did he still laugh in the face of such a cold reception?

"Apathy? I don't think so. ”

Cao Zhongde smiled: "Second Highness...... He is a man who does great things! ”

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Li ...... If I were the second brother, I would be suspicious of my father now. ”

While thinking about it, Di Mufeng didn't care if his speech was appropriate at the moment, in front of Nameless, he had always had complete relaxation and trust.

"Ridiculous evidence, crude clues...... But perhaps, not as ridiculous as it seems? ”

Regarding the pig's blood clothes and the crude jade pendant that were not worth a hundred cents that the catchers copied, Duan Fakuang said that he didn't know anything, and the panic he showed at the beginning of the trial was also considered a normal performance, but in the eyes of Nameless, this was the biggest suspicion!

…… Because, only they knew that in Duan Fakuang's room, there was another bloody garment, one was indeed the bloody garment worn by Duan Fakuang, and the other was stained with human blood, and there was at least three days of bloody clothing. And another piece of jade pendant, a piece of fine workmanship, engraved with the word "Meng", and a jade pendant with exquisite snake pattern!

"I hate those officials and thugs, all of them are really incompetent, and before the trial began, they shouted and scolded that they had copied the bloody clothes in your cabinet......"

In Nameless's opinion, Duan Fakuang definitely has a problem. All that needs to be considered is what it is.

Thinking hard, Nameless has always adhered to the principle of "suspecting all intelligence" to deal with every piece of information, did Duan Fakuang know that he really had a bloody cloth under his bed, and he didn't let go until he heard the official shouting and scolding out of the "cabinet", or did Duan Fakuang himself not know about this at all, since Xiao Jindai got the first bloody clothes, he had already entered the trap?

If it is the latter, then, in the eyes of the nameless, the most doubtful person at the moment...... Li Muxian!

From the position of Li Muxian, it is normal to secretly arrange the cutting off of the general Wang Yuyi. As for deliberately exposing one's own traces and getting involved in the incident, in Nameless's view, this is just a "no silver here" scheme. First defile yourself, then confess, put yourself under the bright light, so as to clear the suspicion.

"And if it's the former......"

When Duan Fakuang became the object of suspicion, the information related to him was collected as soon as possible, and now, the file in the hands of Emperor Mufeng happened to turn to the page that recorded the dinner of the Shui Jingshe.

"One time, one place...... He Chengge was the east, and in the same year of the conference, Meng Shu rushed to the meeting in a hurry, and the two sides fought, which was really insulting. ”

Naturally, this matter has nothing to do with Duan Fakuang, but it is also a small piece of news in the officialdom in Beijing in recent days, which happened to happen on the same day, and the intelligence officers casually joined in when they were sorting it out. Emperor Mufeng read it out at this time, but it was just a joke, but the nameless gaze suddenly condensed!

"'Three Jinshi' Meng Shu, how do I remember that he has another name...... In the land of Liqu, many people call him Meng Da Snake! ”

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"You bastards, you're mad at me!"

Hua Shengrong jumped like thunder, Yuan Tianxin bowed his head, not only him, but even Bao Village, Hei Xiaoxian and a few others, lined up, all of them shrunk their necks, trembling.

"You can do something as simple as you can go wrong, you can do something as simple as you can......"

The turmoil at night, the report to the official, naturally it is all arranged by Hua Shengrong, but who would have thought, this thing is more and more chaotic, and the more wrong it is, it is obviously arranged to copy, there is nothing under the bed, and a bloody clothes are copied out in the cabinet, and the bloody clothes are just enough, but it is a fake so that none of the thousands of people present have the face to look at it!

"And...... What's going on with that 'Lee'? Can anyone tell me what's going on with that 'Lee'?! ”

"This ...... Hua Ye, it seems that this matter should be asked about the immortal ......"

Before he finished speaking, Hei Xiaoxian was kicked in the face by a big foot, flew backwards, and a few teeth flew out with blood, which was very good-looking.

"Ask not to die? I still want to ask the gangster! Anyway, I can't write two blacks in one stroke, so I'll ask you if you're okay! You told me that the undead ran out in the middle of the night and never came back, where the hell did they go! ”

After roaring for a while, Hua Shengrong couldn't suppress the anger in his chest, his hands spasmed nervously, pointed to the sky, and roared loudly.

“…… In addition to disgusting your own people, you are disgusting your own people, in addition to demolishing your own people, you are demolishing your own people, even if you don't give a reward or vote for a monthly ticket, you don't even bother to vote for a red ticket...... Thief God, why can't you just give me a bunch of readers like brainless fans! ”

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When many forces racked their brains, Duan Fakuang was released in a very low-key manner.

Although the evidence is indeed so fake that it can't be faked anymore, it can pass the test so easily because of a sentence from the palace.

“…… Wait, do you want to add the words 'kill everything' to Your Majesty? ”

Because of the interference of the highest level, Duan Fakuang left the prison very easily, returned to his piano building, still with the expression of not caring about anything, he waved away the piano boy who wanted to greet him, came to the third floor, checked his treasured Yaoqin one by one, sorted out the messed piano score and put it back in its original place, just to finish these things, it took him more than an hour.

…… The sun has set.

Sitting alone in front of the window, Duan Fa stood still, watching the red sun slowly sink.

It wasn't until the daylight was gone, and until the room was completely darkened, that Duan Fakuang slowly raised his hand and pressed it on a yaoqin that had just been taken out of the bottom of the bookshelf.

…… But it didn't move.

Ten fingers pressed the strings, but they didn't pluck at all, Duan Fakuang's eyes were empty and indifferent, looking at the place where the sun was setting, whining in his throat, and began to sing.

The voice was hoarse, the tune was dry, and Duan Fakuang's singing voice was so unpleasant that it was almost like two rough pieces of wood rubbing against each other, but as he sang, the piano swelled on its own and began to make a low sound.

"If you don't play it very well, the strings of the music belong to each other if you sing alone...... This is the guqin 'spitting ribbon'? ”

Trembling, Duan Fakuang stopped singing and said, "You're here?" ”

In the darkest corner of the house, the faintly visible human figure stood still and said, "Congratulations to the third uncle, you have been released from prison safely." ”

Lifting his ten fingers and retracting them to his side, Duan Fa leaned over and said in a low voice: "What's so gratifying?" ”

“…… But it's just a few more days to survive. ”

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Just as Zhong Da never fully trusted Duan Fakuang, Duan Fakuang has always maintained great vigilance and malice towards the old eunuch who is over 100 years old.

In the first communication with the descendants of the Duan family, who called themselves "Duan Jizu", Duan Fakuang clearly expressed his worries, and it was through the discussion between the two that there were various changes yesterday.

"But I really didn't expect you to really do this."

When he felt that the eyes around him were more and more and full of malice, Duan Fakuang was already vigilant. When he received an invitation to go out to play, he immediately notified his "virtuous nephew", and the other party really did not disappoint Duan Fakuang, and only used a set of shoddy clothes to make him pass the test safely.

"However, I think I still have to die after all, in Zhongda's plan, there is no need for a surviving remnant of the Duan family, it doesn't matter if I die, but there are things that someone must continue to do...... So, I'm going to entrust ...... now."

"Wait, Third Uncle."

Impolitely stopped Duan Fakuang's almost "trusting" speech, and the people who came laughed silently, exuding a strong malicious intent like substance.

"Third uncle, is it necessary?"

"Having been carefully living under Zhongda's nose for so long has your self-deception developed to the point where you believe it even yourself?"

“…… What did you say? ”

The sudden sharp voice did not affect the man in the dark at all, and he still said in the same voice that seemed to be mocking, "What did I say? You should know best, huh? ”

"Stop pretending to be humiliating and sneaking into the enemy camp...... Don't pretend that you love music and give up your responsibilities, third uncle. ”

"You're just a coward."

"You are not afraid of death, but you are afraid of failure."

"You'd rather be called a traitor than incompetent."

"Because of the fear of failure, because of the fear of meaningless failure, I gave up my responsibility, forgot the hatred of my father and ancestors, and pretended to be immersed in something simpler, more sacred and more beautiful."

"But in the end, third uncle, you're just a cowardly coward."

"Like me, third uncle, you are just a coward who is so timid that he completely gives up his responsibilities, closes his eyes, and escapes from the outside......"

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When Hua Shengrong roared and was angry, Yun Chongbo was standing in front of the White Tiger Temple.

Last night, the invitation sent by Ziyu was actually just a place name, and after that, Yun Chongbo did not go to the appointment immediately, but returned to the Anti-Zhenlou, sat in the distance, and watched silently.

…… So, he saw a lot of things.

After dawn, he walked around the city for a long time, first inquired about the location of the White Tiger Temple, and then walked around the White Tiger Temple twice, and finally, sitting in the small shop opposite the White Tiger Temple, tore a bowl of mutton steamed buns, and ate until he sweated profusely, and then walked over with satisfaction, raised his hand to knock on the door of the White Tiger Temple.

Wake up.

The old man with a gloomy expression stood inside the door, his attitude was quite friendly, but the etiquette used made Yun Chongbo feel quite dazzling.

"By the way, if the book I just finished reading in the morning is correct, this should be the etiquette to greet the prince or the prince, right?"

"Isn't that right?"

In a tone of "I don't even bother to debate with you on this kind of issue", the old man revealed Yun Chongbo's doubts and began to introduce himself.

"In Xia Zixia, the immortal, it's been a long time."

Hearing the name of "Zixia", Yun Chongbo couldn't help but straighten his expression a little, arched his hands solemnly, and returned the salute while talking about it.

Today's Yun Chongbo has long since ceased to be ignorant of the Confucian "ancient name" system, and after two rounds of making up for it, especially his special understanding of Confucianism-related things, he can now roughly know the status and division of labor of the other party in Confucianism as long as he hears the ancient name of the other party.

Zi Xia, with Zi Yuan, Zi Gong, Zi Lu, Zi I...... The same name, it is the highest level of Confucianism, ranked among the ten philosophers, and the first generation of Zixia is considered to be the first ancestor of the "Legalist" in later generations, and it is precisely because of this that the division of labor in the successive generations of Confucianism is mostly sideways after Zigong. In the information seen by Yun Chongbo, the contemporary Zixia is an old man of the same era as Lao Wenwang, who has participated in the suppression of Taiping Dao many times, and the current division of labor is to assist Zigong in handling most of the daily work, and he is also a member of the Confucian sect who has the greatest influence on the "dark Confucians" in addition to Zigong. In other words, although Zigong is the deputy marshal of Confucianism, most of his daily affairs will not and do not need to be presented to him at all, but will be divided between Zixia and others. Purely in terms of real power, the contemporary Zixia ranks among the top three among Confucianism, and is firmly ahead of Yan Hui.

"Today's imperial capital is turbulent."

Without the intention of entering the topic in a roundabout way, Zixia got straight to the point and said his purpose of inviting Yun Chongbo.

The Confucian sect entered Beijing in a big way to assist the inner palace in stabilizing the situation and preventing a completely out-of-control disaster, but what was Yun Chongbo here for?

"The greedy wolf and the nine heavens have long since left, and the immortal has not had any contact with the Taiping Dao's forces in Beijing since he entered the capital."

Hearing this, Yun Chongbo could only smile bitterly: the disciples who are still lurking in the capital are all the highest level of secrets, and they are also the most loyal and capable part, but obviously, at least for Confucianism, these people ...... It's not exactly a "secret".

"It is precisely because of this that Jean made up his mind to communicate with the undead."

After many investigations by various forces, it was determined that Yun Chongbo did not lead a large number of Taiping Daoists into Beijing, and he was alone in Beijing, but he was safe. For most people, this is a strange and strange thing, for those who are most closely related to the emperor's surname, this is something that makes them suspicious but can't discuss it, but for Zixia, this is a "good thing".

…… For Confucianism, anything that shows that Yun Chongbo keeps a distance from Taiping Dao is a "good thing".

"Although the old prince has passed away...... But ah, the undead. ”

After a pause, Zixia said slowly: "The words on Yangdun Mountain back then are always effective. ”

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After expressing his attitude, the gloomy old man got up to see off the guest, but before Yun Chongbo left, a young Confucian came and knocked on the door, saying that Mr. Zhuan Sun wanted to invite the immortal to come and sit down.

(颛孙...... Zhen Sun Shi, Zi Zhang? ）

This can be regarded as Yun Chongbo's biggest accident today. Zizhang? How could you meet this person under such circumstances?

Anyone who has read the Analects will basically remember this name, there are many Confucian disciples, and there are also a few students who do not like the first master very much, and often appear as the negative type of criticism, Zizhang is one of them, other than that, the name seems to have little meaning.

…… However, the current Yun Chongbo will not think so.

Although it does not show any brilliance in the account of the Analects, after the death of the first master and the Confucianism, in the era when Confucianism was divided into eight, Zizhang Zhiru was the first of the eight Confucians, ranking ahead of all his peers. And among those giants who are on a par with the master, they also look up to him.

…… Zi Lu is brave and powerful, the second son Gong is wise, Zeng Shen is filial piety, Yan Hui is benevolent, and Zi Zhang is martial.

That is the Nanhua Zhenren's evaluation of the master's disciples, brave, wise, filial piety, benevolence, martial arts, Zizhang according to one of them, this is a very high honor, in such a high evaluation of the five people, four people eventually became the Confucian master to descend the highest level of legend, Zilu, Zigong, Ziyu, Ziyuan...... The only one who failed to make the list of the ten philosophers was only.

…… Zizhang.

Like Zi Xia, the contemporary Zi Zhang is a figure of the previous generation of Confucianism, who is already gray-haired, and has a completely different temperament from Zi Xia: his face is dark, his hands and feet are thick, he looks like a craftsman, he looks like an old farmer, in short, he definitely does not look like the Confucian in Yun Chongbo's mind.

(This guy...... It is true that the first generation of Zizhang was accused of being the most Mohist Confucian scholar, but he just inherited the name, so there is no need to be so full, right? ）

But this did make Yun Chongbo have some good feelings for Zi Zhang, after all, in the Taiping Dao's own inheritance, it is also recorded that the theory of Zi Zhang Zhiru is the closest to the original form of the Taiping Dao. The communication between the two was indeed pleasant and smooth: Yun Chongbo found that in the face of this old man, he did not deliberately make the appearance of a farmer, but was indeed good at farming.

"The peace of the world is not the ideal of the Taiping Taoist family, when I Confucianism put forward the goal of the great harmony of the world, Taoism has not yet taken shape!"

This kind of arrogant speech, if it were someone else, might cause the disgust of the interlocutor, but when Zi opened his mouth, which had lost nearly half of his teeth, and said it with a smile, it was extremely natural, so that Yun Chongbo could not give birth to any disgust.

"Immortal, I'm just curious, what are you doing when you enter Beijing alone?"

Facing this old man who was already dying, but still had a healthy and gentle gaze, Yun Chongbo hesitated and answered.

"Whether you believe it or not, I will come to the imperial capital...... There is only one purpose. ”

Smiling, but unconsciously pressed his palm on the hilt.

"I want to try to see if there is a chance to kill the emperor."

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"The undead, it seems, are still confused."

After Yun Chongbo left, Zixia came to Zizhang's room. At this time, there was neither gloom nor old age on their bodies, and there was no slight frowning look when they just heard the words.

…… Everything about the right talent is originally the mutual cooperation of the two.

Never giving up on the effort to bring Yun Chongbo back into the "order", in the eyes of Confucianism, a "immortal" royal family, absolutely strange goods, has great value, if it works well, it may even find a new direction for how to end the thousands of years of entanglement between the Taiping Dao and the imperial surname.

"He has no problem with his belief in 'Taiping', but he doesn't fully agree with the actions of the 'Taiping Dao', he is still groping, and he wants to find a way to Taiping by himself."

His fingers slowly tapped on the table, his eyes were slightly closed, and he said while thinking that Zizhang at this time completely lost the temperament of an old peasant, and he was the kind of superior who could decide life and death with one word.

As for the "assassination" of Yun Yun, the two of them who are more than one hundred and fifty years old together didn't pay attention to it at all, Yun Chongbo may be countless times more sophisticated now than when he left Danshan, but in the face of old people like Zixia and Zizhang, he is still a glass of clear water that can be seen through at a glance, at most, it is just a few drops of ink.

"However, his goal should indeed be related to the palace."

Among today's forces, when it comes to the study of "people's hearts", Confucianism can be called the first, especially these older generation of Confucianists who have decades of experience, even if Zigong is not here, they have enough strength to see through the lies and see the truth from the lies.

"The undead, he seems to have completely eliminated his resistance to his other identity, and not only that, but he seems to be planning to use it as much as possible to benefit from it......"

"His entry into Beijing is to see the time when the establishment of the reserve is imminent!"

This is not a new conclusion, as early as when he heard that Yun Chongbo entered Beijing alone and stood in the sun without hesitation, the Confucian sect had already thought that Yun Chongbo wanted to observe the secret battle between the two princes in real time and look for an opportunity to detonate it. And today's contact only allows them to reinforce this understanding.

"But if that's the case, the target of the undead ......"

After a deep groan, Zizhang shook his head and said, "Zi Yu's words are not suitable for containing the undead. ”

"It doesn't matter."

With a faint smile, Zi Xia said, "Haven't you noticed that Zi Bei's mood today is not too good?" ”

"Oh?"

On weekdays, he mostly stays in his room and reads, Zizhang really doesn't notice these places, but how quickly does he react? Deng Shi said: "Zi Ji? The prince is finally willing to give this ancient name to others? ”

Zixia nodded, and was also obviously quite emotional, and said: "After receiving the name, I will go on the road immediately, and I will be able to enter Beijing in a few days, but I am a young man in my early twenties...... It's terrifying! ”

Zi Zhang also nodded slowly and said: "This is preparing to take over the name of Zilu in twenty years, no wonder Zi Yi feels uncomfortable...... Resolute and maverick, not scratching or running away...... The Confucianism of Ren Xia in the same vein of lacquer carving, it is indeed suitable for them to contain the undead! ”