Chapter 44: Blame
It has been three days since Yi Hanshan disappeared, and the trace of luck that was still in the hearts of Yi Zhong and others has gradually disappeared.
Empress Yining's bedroom.
"Guang'er, do you suspect that your father is involved in this?" the queen's eyelids twitched, "How is it possible?"
"In order to weaken the power of the giant clan in the country, it is not impossible for my father to think hard for many years. Yingguang was thoughtful.
"But you are the crown prince appointed by your father, Hanshan is your cousin, and the Yi family is your biggest support in the court. Unless......" As soon as the queen thought of this, her hands trembled, and the remaining tea in the bowl was splashed, "Impossible, it is impossible to ......"
Concubine Jiao is a special favorite, and there have long been rumors in the court: the emperor wants to abolish the elder and young, and change the wine bag and rice bag Yingxie to be the prince.
"The queen mother doesn't have to worry! The old ministers of the court and the central government are only the heads of the Yi family, and they are all dependent on the sons. Hanshan's cousin is a pillar of the imperial court, and his father is wise and benevolent, so he should not do such a self-defeating thing. The child will go to his father tomorrow and ask the reason for the incident. Yingguang comforted her mother.
At this moment, there was a sudden message from outside the door: The emperor has arrived! But Emperor Yang himself came.
"Ahh
"Ah Lan, it's up to you to come. "It was Emperor Yang's voice.
"Lan" is the queen's maiden name, listening to Emperor Yang call herself like this, the queen's tears can't help but flow down. Since Concubine Jiao entered the palace, Emperor Yang has never called himself like this again.
"Hey, Guang'er is there too?" Seeing Yingguang, Emperor Yang seemed a little surprised.
The cousin disappeared suddenly, and the son-in-law was very sad when he heard that the queen mother was very sad and didn't think about tea and dinner. The sons were worried, so they came to visit. Ying Guang hurriedly explained.
"I understand that the prince's filial piety should have done this. Emperor Yang sat down, took the queen's hands, and watched Yingguang continue to speak. "I'm here today for this purpose. The old prime minister's wife died early, and before your mother entered the palace, Hanshan was raised by her aunt. Your mother has always regarded the cold mountain as her own, how can I not know. ”
These words poked the queen's sadness, and she couldn't stop crying.
"The fate of Hanshan's virtuous nephew is unknown, and I am also very sad. Emperor Yang's true feelings were revealed, and his eyes were slightly red, "I originally wanted to wait for this child to experience and experience again, and when he became a great success, he would entrust me with the important task of the Celestial Dynasty and become my master, who knows...... Ay. ”
"Father, don't be too sad, the health of the dragon body is the blessing of my Yuanyang. Ying Guang lowered his eyebrows and comforted, "It's just that my cousin suddenly disappeared this time, something is strange!"
"Well, my father also feels that there may be a conspiracy behind this matter. Emperor Yang's answer was quite unexpected by Yingguang's mother and son.
"On that day, I was about to bow down, when suddenly my body was sore, and I was confused, like a drunken man. But after a while, I woke up on my own, and my body was not the same, but Hanshan's nephew was gone. ”
"What does my father mean, the people at that time wanted to assassinate their father, and my cousin was plotted to protect my father?"
"It's possible. After returning to the palace, I thought carefully about the situation at that time, and suddenly remembered that there was a faint fishy smell on the end of my nose at the time of the incident, and I was unconscious after smelling that breath. This breath seemed to linger around me and did not dissipate, and I realized that the fishy breath was coming from the mysteries I possessed, and I immediately ordered the evil thing to be burned. ”
"That Xuanduan, sure enough, ......" Yingguang almost blurted out, and as soon as he could think of it, he swallowed the second half of his words.
Emperor Yang did not notice it, but immersed himself in his own thoughts: "It's strange to say, since this fishy smell is fascinating, why did I wear it and go back to the palace for so long but nothing happened? I immediately called the weaving room to ask, who knew that this person was afraid of sin, and he had already cut himself! I asked people to check the records, and found that the Xuanduan was not woven in the palace at all. ”
Emperor Yang sighed: "A small official, if he dares to do such a rebellious thing, he must be coerced and tempted." It's a pity that people and things are dead now, and it's hard to trace. I am depressed in my heart, and I think of your mother, so I came to see it. ”
Ying Guang unconsciously quietly touched the bag in his arms, moved his lips, and finally said nothing.
The queen got up: "Your Majesty cares, concubine Xie." ”
The space was torn apart, revealing a big black mouth, but it was the giant black coffin. With a bang, the giant coffin spat out something and disappeared instantly.
"Who?" was the voice of the Ying Xie.
Zongzheng Temple tossed for several days, and finally because there was no evidence, he was released back to the palace. But he seemed to be much more settled, and he didn't go out for many days.
There was a figure in the room that flashed and was already outside the door.
A dark shadow rose from under the moon shadow outside the door, moving step by step in the direction of the gate with a thick rancid bloody aura.
"Huh" a root sprang out of the ground, entangled in the black shadow chassis, and the other two roots stopped in the air and were ready to attack. Through the bleak moonlight, I can barely see the people who are coming. After seeing it clearly, it was really shocking.
Although there is a humanoid body, a few broken ribs appear in the collapsed chest, the facial features are displaced, and there is black blood mixed with maggots flowing out of the decay. Entangled by the roots, this thing actually made a hoarse sound in its mouth, like a curse, and like a plea for help, which made people shudder.
This material power is incomparably large, and the roots of the struggle are rattled, and the life moves a few steps forward. The figure no longer hesitated, and two tendrils burst out of the air, one piercing through its chest, and the other directly struck off its head. The object struggled for a moment, not moving.
"Who?" a team of Akabane Guards happened to patrol by.
The figure flickered and retreated into the room.
The lights in the room were turned on, and Ying Xie rubbed his eyes and pushed open the door: "Who, the third watch doesn't let people sleep in the middle of the night - what is this? Wow, someone is coming, there are assassins!"
The palace guards flocked to the palace when they heard the sound, and when they saw the situation in the courtyard, they were all terrified, and the air seemed to be covered with a layer of ice.
At this moment, someone in the crowd exclaimed softly: "Hey, this ...... How do you feel a little like General Yi?"
Ying Xie went over, kicked the head, and grinned: "Heh, it's really a bit similar." ”
Yi Zhong sat on the chair, his face was pale, his lips trembled, and he held in his hand the paperwork after the autopsy.
Yi Hanshan died because he was hit hard by a blunt object in his chest three days ago, causing his chest cavity to collapse and his heart pulse to break.
The other two injuries looked horrific, but they were not the cause of death, but were sustained after death.
Who killed Shan'er? Why did she disappear? Why did she become like that after she disappeared? Why did she appear in the Yingxie Palace? Why was she still killed after her death?
A series of questions coiled around Yi Zhong's brain, like a red-hot iron chain, which made him have a splitting headache, and he gasped for breath but still couldn't breathe.
"Daddy, it's come to this, don't be too sad and break your body. Seeing her father's eyes straight and panting like a cow, her daughter Yi Qingluo didn't feel anxious, so she quickly took a pill and gave it to him, wiping her tears while helping him rub his chest and beat his back.
"Son!" After a while, the weight of the clothes finally eased down, and he roared, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out, and several lines of old tears fell, "You died so miserably!"
Seeing her father like this, Yi Qingluo couldn't help herself, and she also knelt aside and cried bitterly.
"Xiangye, General Chi Yu Wei asks to see you. At that moment, there was a sound outside the door.
"Please!" his clothes were heavy and full of frost and snow, and he cheered up from his great mourning, put away his sorrow, packed up his clothes, and received the visitors.
This hustle and bustle is the deputy general of Yihanshan, and he is also the person who passed by and recognized the body of Yihanshan during his patrol last night. I have known Yihanshan for more than ten years and have always been friends.
"Old Prime Minister, please mourn! Meng Huan bowed and looked left and right.
"General Meng said that it doesn't matter, there are no outsiders here. ”
"Last night, when the lowly patrol passed by Jingxing Palace, I heard the sound of fighting, and immediately found General Yi in the palace. The person who fought with the general escaped into the bedroom of the Third Highness at that time, and looking at his skills, it seemed that he was the fourth little four in the cloud capture test that day. ”
"Is that true, why didn't you catch the man on the spot?"
"At that time, the scene was chaotic, and the Third Highness rushed out of the palace, shouting to catch the assassin, and at the same time led us to General Yi. I thought it was someone who carried out the assassination, but the 'assassin' turned out to be General Yi.
After that, the humble official thought about it again: Since Tu Xiaosi is the protector, why did he have to escape into the palace and refuse to see anyone? The humble official felt that this matter was very strange, and he did not dare to make his own decisions, so today he asked the old prime minister to decide. The humble position has sealed off Jingxing Palace in the name of protecting the three princes. ”
"General Meng, do you know that Hanshan was killed before last night, and all you saw last night was his corpse. ”
"Ahh......h
"What?"
"The art of corpse manipulation. ”
"What is the art of controlling corpses?"
"An ancient secret technique that circulates in Jingchu and Xiangxi can spell corpses to be controlled. However, why did General Yi appear in Jingxing Palace and fall victim to this technique?"
"Could it be that Shan'er's body was already in that palace, controlled by the demon, but he was unintentionally bumped into by you and others, wanting to confuse the public, and deliberately staged such a good show of 'thief shouting to catch the thief', but the blame fell on Shan'er?"
"Shan'er has been killed, and he didn't even let go of the corpse, so vicious. General Meng, you and Shan'er have known each other since childhood, and your father and I have been peers for decades, and the DPRK and China echo each other. You must never speak of this day to anyone again. The vigilance of Jingxing Palace should also be lifted as soon as possible, only saying that the assassin has been captured, and there is nothing abnormal in the palace. ”