Chapter Twenty-Eight: Implicated

The Queen Mother led everyone to the courtyard, and after a while, she saw several guards coming, and the previous two let them come out, and saw a temple man with his head bowed and was escorted by the guards with his hands tied behind him, and the guards who were holding saw that the Queen Mother and others were there, so he let go of his hand and kicked the temple man to the ground. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The temple people didn't snort, they were kicked and stumbled at first, and then they stabilized themselves and knelt down, and they didn't speak. Seeing that he was still silent, the guard stepped forward a few more times, and saw that the master shook his head slightly, so he stopped.

The Queen Mother looked the people of the temple up and down, turned her head and asked a maid behind her, "Is this the person?" You've got to take a closer look. The maid looked up, and then looked at the other maid, and both of them nodded, and then replied, "Yes, Queen Mother." ”

"Didn't this palace tell you, except for a few of you who are always serving, not to let others approach the king, let alone talk about state affairs in front of the king?" The Queen Mother's eyes were crossed, and her tone became stern.

panicked, the two maids immediately knelt on the ground, thinking that it was the two of them at the time, "Queen Mother, the people in the temple said that they came to visit on the order of the Queen Mother, and the slaves and maids didn't dare to stop it." ”

"If you don't dare to stop it, why don't you report to the supervisor and leave on your own, leaving the king alone with the people of the temple? You are complicit. Come on, pull these two sluts out and beat them to death. The Queen Mother's tone was excited and she wanted to cough, but Zhou Bian hurriedly stepped forward to support her. Several of the guards stepped forward in response, and dragged them out, ignoring the two maids' pleas for mercy, and after a while, the sound of beating sticks and pleading came from outside. Zhou Bian couldn't bear it in his heart, and just wanted to speak, as soon as he looked up, he saw the pale and sad face of the Queen Mother, so he stopped talking, thinking that even if the two maids were not accomplices, they were guilty of dereliction of duty, how could anyone say that they could do whatever they wanted by the orders of the Queen Mother, of course, there was also the responsibility of lax management in this palace, alas, she couldn't save everyone, so let her go, and she could also calm the anger of the Queen Mother a little.

In fact, after thinking about it again, Zhou Bian also understood the Queen Mother's thoughts, I am afraid that the Queen Mother had long wanted to execute these two maids, and she had been holding back just now, she should just ask them to identify the people of the temple, and now that the people of this temple have been identified, then the life of this maid is over.

Hearing the miserable screams one after another, the people of the temple still lowered their heads, thinking that they were biting their lips fiercely, and they were trembling all over. Everyone was silent, only to hear the screams gradually become smaller, at this time someone moved, but it was the Taishi who came to the Queen Mother's ear and whispered a few words, the Queen Mother listened to the only thought and nodded, and the Taishi called a guard and ordered to stop outside first. Zhou Bian couldn't help but be puzzled, and he didn't know what the Taishi said to let the Queen Mother let the two maids go, but it was a pity that the Taishi's voice was too small to hear clearly.

Then interrogated the temple people but the master exited, but asked for a long time that the temple people were silent, several guards stepped forward to punch and kick for a long time still to no avail, the master was afraid that the queen mother would see the discomfort, so he ordered the temple people to be put into prison and then tortured.

At this time, the nobles in Chengzhou City, who rushed to hear the news, also rushed to come, and the prison armor had already taken a white cloth for everyone to put on, and after helping the queen mother into the hall, the young master and others packed up the body of the king. The young master also serves as a wizard, so naturally he is also responsible for organizing this matter.

In the next two days, Zhou Bian accompanied the Queen Mother to kneel in front of the king's coffin, the Taishi and the Young Master have been accompanied, but the rest of the nobles have not been with him for so long. The queen cried even more, which made Zhou Bian wonder, this husband and wife have a deep relationship. In the past two days, there have also been guards who have come to report, and the people of the temple have been beaten and fainted several times, but they have never spoken.

On the third day, just as the Taishi and the Young Master were secretly discussing and preparing to persuade the Queen Mother to appoint a new monarch, a guard brought news from the prison, and the temple recruited them. Taishi and the others hurriedly came to the front hall, and at this time, the guard had already knelt in front of the Queen Mother and Zhou Bian.

I only heard the Queen Mother's tone displeased, "This palace told you to say it, just say it, what else do you swallow!" The guard hurriedly looked at the Taishi who had just come in, but was reprimanded by the Taishi again, "Here are the royal family and important ministers of my Zhou Dynasty, you can only come." ”

The guard looked at Zhou Bian again, lowered his head and gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind, "The people from that temple did recruit, and they said that it was instructed by His Royal Highness Wang Zibian." ”

Bang Dang!

But it was the hot water kettle in the hand of the Queen Mother who fell to the ground. The young master was also shocked and didn't know why, and the two of them stared at each other. Zhou Bian first felt his heart beat violently, and then forcibly calmed down, but he was the first of several people to react, and hurriedly rushed to kneel in front of the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother!" ”

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother waved her hand to stop Zhou Bian's words, but she didn't even look at Zhou Bian, and said to the guard, "In this way, the temple people will be executed." After that, he turned around and walked into the inner hall, and his back looked very lonely in Zhou Bian's eyes.

It's just that Zhou Bian can't come out of his suffering, this is clearly a frame-up, do you believe it so Queen Mother? You can also listen to my explanation, who gave this poisonous plan, but only said it after some torture, it really can't help but be believed, it's really absolute. There is already a fierce competition between brothers in the royal family, but this statement makes the Queen Mother and others believe it a little, although Wang Zibian is only eight years old, but who knows which prince and grandson taught it behind his back?

The master and the young master glanced at each other, but they didn't make a sound, they both sighed and shook their heads and left, Zhou Bian opened his mouth to shout, but the two of them left in a hurry but didn't have time to shout. Only Zhou Bian was left kneeling alone in the lobby. Zhou Bian scolded secretly in his heart, didn't he fall into the well, seeing that everyone was gone, no one cared about him, when would he stay if he didn't run away at this time? I didn't care about anything, got up and patted my clothes and left.

Contrary to everyone, Zhou Bian hurriedly walked out of the courtyard and walked towards his residence. Fortunately, at this time, the palace was very chaotic, and the temple and the palace maids were in a hurry, and no one noticed that His Royal Highness hurriedly ran by, so the road was smooth, and he soon arrived at his own small courtyard, leaned in, and saw Qiao'er cleaning alone in the courtyard.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Qiao'er looked up and saw that it was Zhou Bian, and couldn't help but stop the broom in her hand and became surprised, "Isn't Your Highness guarding filial piety with the king, why did you come back?" ”

Zhou Bian hurriedly ran closer, looked back and saw that there was no one outside the door, so he said in a low voice, "I came back secretly, and now I am likely to have a catastrophe coming, and even my life is not guaranteed, what will happen to you?" This is frightening, after all, it is her own son, Zhou Bian doesn't believe that she can really do anything to herself.

Qiao'er hurriedly knelt down, "The life of the slave is the king's, and I hope the king will not abandon it." ”

Zhou Bian stretched out his hand to help him up, "It's okay, but it's not that serious, I'll wait here, you go and call Zhou Mi and them for me." After a pause, Zhou Bian said again, "You just tell Zhou Mi and let him bring the rest of the people, and Fan Yu and Zheng Xi don't call over." "Now the form is unknown, Fan Yu is the son of the young master, Zheng Xi is a little slippery, and Zhou Bian is also not worried about these two, so he specially advised.

Seeing Zhou Bian's eagerness, Qiao'er hurriedly went out.

After Qiao'er left, Zhou Bian kept pacing in the yard, and he was really nervous when the crisis came. After a while, Zhou Mi and the other twelve people rushed over with neat steps, which was also the result of these trainings. After hearing the whole story, sure enough, these twelve people did not have any panic and movement as Zhou Bian expected, Zhou Bian looked at them one by one, but none of them had their eyes flashing, and he couldn't help but be very relieved.

"Now that you know what is going on, you are willing to flee with me. Rest assured, you are out of the royal family, and I will feed you as well. If you refuse to follow me, you can stay in the palace. Zhou Bian really wanted to leave, because the Empress Dowager and the Young Master Taishi didn't listen to their own explanations, and they seemed to have identified this matter, and Zhou Bian was stubborn, the world is so big, where can no one be tolerated, as long as you can escape from Cheng Zhou, the sky is wide, according to your own knowledge, any business is enough to be the richest man in the world, do you have to be aggrieved here? Zhou Bian still yearns for freedom in his bones like modern people.

As soon as Zhou Bian's words fell, he heard a few plops, and a group of people knelt down one after another, and two voices sounded at the same time, "Your Highness, no." "At first glance, it turned out to be Zhou Mi and Ziyuan.

"Thoroughly, you speak first."

"If Your Highness wants to travel, you should follow him. It's just that how can you let Your Highness feed a certain class, if you go out, a certain class will only ask for some livelihood to worship the king. Zhou Mi said sincerely. Zhou Bian was suddenly greatly moved in his heart, if the scholars of ancient times recognized the master, it would really be lifelong.

Zhou Bian nodded slightly, turned to Ziyuan again, and motioned for him to continue.

"Your Highness, I thought that there was no need to travel at this time. The Queen Mother did not have a seizure on the spot, which shows that no matter whether this matter is true or not, whether the Queen Mother believes it or not, Her Royal Highness will not be affected in any way. Today, the Queen Mother only has a concubine of Her Royal Highness, and it is determined that Her Royal Highness will inherit the unification, otherwise would she imprison her concubine and let her succeed to the throne? Therefore, I thought that His Royal Highness did not need to panic, and tomorrow would be the day of the king's funeral. ”

After all, Ziyuan is still a child of the clan, and he has to think more, and it sounds very reasonable, Zhou Bian couldn't help but groan. After a while, Zhou Mi said again, "What Ziyuan said also makes sense, but whether to go or not, it's all up to His Highness, and some people only swear to follow him." As he spoke, he kowtowed, and the other eleven followed suit.

Looking at everyone's kneeling bodies, Zhou Bian calmed down at this time, the Queen Mother should not have extreme thoughts, otherwise as Ziyuan said, she would not let herself return to her residence. After thinking about it again, he seemed to understand something, he was thinking about the problem from the perspective of his own traverser, and when he heard someone say that he had killed the king, he was naturally afraid, and first thought about running away, and from the perspective of the queen mother, he was her own youngest son, and the palms and backs of his hands were full of meat. After thinking about it, Zhou Bian's nervousness also eased a little, if the Queen Mother really wanted to punish herself, she was afraid that she would have already made a move, even if she took Zhou Mi and other guards now and escaped from the palace, could she still escape from Chengzhou City? It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, so Zhou Bian turned his heart on the side, and he no longer wanted to escape from the palace.

Just looking at the guards in front of him again, he remembered that there were many kings in the Zhou Dynasty who killed their brothers, maybe these guards were used to hearing rumors, but they were more accustomed to this fact than themselves, the traverser. Zhou Bian helped Zhou Mi and the others up, and nodded that they would not leave tonight. But Zhou Bian still didn't dare to be completely reassured, so he let these guards take turns to guard in his courtyard at night, and the rest also rested in the side room, for fear of accidents.

The night was late, but Zhou Bian still couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, and after a while, he remembered that the Queen Mother was too arbitrary, and the Taishi's not distinguishing for himself, his heart was a little colder, and then he remembered the vow of Zhou Mi and others to follow him to the death. After repeating this, and remembering that if the people of the temple were immediately executed, he was afraid that he would never find the truth, Zhou Bian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and he turned over and over until dawn before falling asleep slowly.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong all night, but Zhou Bian was called up by Qiao'er not long after falling asleep, because it was already dawn.