Heavenly Adventures Chapter 13 (The Murder of the Handmaiden I)

Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

I rushed to the Huxin Garden in the harem overnight to report the case orally to the king. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Hearing this, King Info frowned tightly, and said, "The Lord of Peach Village and Shang Nan's guards are so bold that they dare to poison their father, and there must be a mastermind behind the scenes. "Of course, I know who he means, but I can't interject, because my life is at stake. In normal times, I would always be outspoken because of my personality or because I wanted to show my extraordinary opinion. But in the palace, I had to be careful, and I would never say what I shouldn't say, and I had to think about what I should say. Sometimes, words can be devastating or deadly.

The king paced behind his back in his study, and then said to me, "Very few people know about this secret visit to you and me, and we will be blocked and killed, and someone must have instructed the Taocun guards and others to intercept and kill." I also felt the same way, "I'm afraid that this will be related to the murder of His Majesty's father." Otherwise, the other party may not be so ruthless. "I think if anyone knows that I and the king are going to secretly visit the family of the old king's guards, it must be that I aroused the suspicion of others when I went to Momomura to investigate the case. The king nodded in agreement, and said, "I have been thinking about one thing for a long time, the murder of my father and the death of the lord of Peach Village both happened in the Winter Palace. Now that the imperial physician is dead, the guards have been banished to Dongshan, and only the Qingxia girl in the Winter Palace is still there. If Gongzi does not give up, I want to have Gongzi Lao go to the Winter Palace again, so that I can find out the truth about the murder of my father from Miss Qingxia. ”

I said, "Your Majesty's important matter, how can Longhua have the reason to wait and see?" When the king saw that I had promised so cheerfully, he said happily, "The prince has been so helpful and gracious, and I will be grateful for the picture in the future." I said, "Such a trivial matter, why should Your Majesty be so serious, so that Longhua is ashamed." The king, on the other hand, emphasized, in a cautious tone, "This matter is not a trivial matter, and it is hoped that the prince will be skillfully dressed and act in secret, and do not tell others about this, so as not to avoid trickery." The king's words were sincere and to the point, so I said, "What Your Majesty said is very true, Longhua is secret, so as not to leak and cause trouble." ”

The king urged me to go to the Winter Palace as soon as possible, but I said, "The king must not be in a hurry, the case of interception and murder has not yet been decided, and if Longhua goes to the Winter Palace, he will definitely attract attention and cause trouble." In Longhua's opinion, it is better to quickly transfer Ying'er's mother and daughter to other hidden places, in case someone goes to kill people and kill them. After staying for a few days, Longhua quietly sneaked into the Winter Palace and made an appointment with Qingxia Secret. When the king heard this, he blamed himself again and again, "Fortunately, the prince reminded me that if it weren't for the murderous disaster between Ying'er's mother and daughter, I would have been stunned and would not have time to regret it." Lao Gongzi and Yuntai escort Beze will go to the shallow lake and reeds early tomorrow morning to move Ying'er's mother and daughter to the Taocun Mansion. So saying, he wrote me a secret order.

Early the next morning, Beze and I rode to the reeds of the shallow lake. Ying's mother and Ying'er were pleasantly surprised when they heard that we were picking them up from this place, and hurriedly began to pack up their things, tying up the rags and the bundlings with pots and pans, and taking them away together. However, how can I bring so many things with only two horses? So, I said that these things were too dilapidated and too bad to be used anymore, so I might as well go back and buy them again. Ying'er also persuaded her mother again and again. Only then did the British mother endure the pain and leave the sundries behind.

Walking from the lake to the cloud mountain, and then from the cloud mountain to the path on the edge of the sloping forest, the sun has hung obliquely on the west mountain, as if it is about to set at any time. I think if I go on slowly like this, I'm afraid that I won't be able to reach the Momomura Council until late at night. Out of a grove, I was pleasantly surprised to find a royal carriage parked on the sloping path, driven by Ukir. When Uker saw us, he said that he had come to greet Ying'er's mother and daughter on the king's secret order. I proposed that Ying'er's mother and daughter be placed in the Yuntai Council first, thinking that they would be their own mother and sister. Beze and Uker also felt that this was safer and more reliable, so they placed Ying'er and her mother in the Yuntai Courtyard.

After settling Ying'er and Ying's mother, I entered the Winter Palace the next day. I came to the door of the next room to the murdered room of the peach village lord, knocked on the door, and saw the young woman open the door, let me into the room, and asked me what I wanted to ask. I was somewhat surprised and surprised to enter her room, because her room was a two-room suite, one with a double bed and neatly cleaned bedding; The other room was a bathroom with a wooden tub for two people and a simple bed. Moreover, on the wall in the bathroom, there are two pictures of the spring palace of men and women. Hanging below is a flute and a musical instrument resembling a moon harp.

The girl took a seat, poured me a cup of tea, and asked me, "I heard that Gongzi is a Chinese envoy of the Han Dynasty, who knows the past and the present, and knows the truth and falsehood, and is really a man of God. I said, "No, I'm just passing through here to see somebody." I don't know if the girl knows where Miss Qingxia is now? When the girl heard me ask, her expression changed greatly, and she said, "Miss Qingxia committed suicide by poisoning herself last year and went to the underworld. Could it be that Childe doesn't know? I was taken aback and said, "Miss Qingxia is young and young, has good appearance, and is deeply loved by the king of the country, how can she not think and kill herself?" The girl thought about it, then lowered her voice and said, "The prince doesn't know, Miss Qingxia happened to be serving the king that night, but the king died suddenly of illness, and she naturally couldn't get out of it, so because she was afraid for a while, she committed suicide by taking poison." ”

I asked the girl, "Besides being with the king, who else did Miss Qingxia have a close relationship with?" The girl thought for a moment and said, "Miss Qingxia once told me privately that there was a lieutenant in the palace who had a very good relationship with her, and that person often accompanied the queen to stay in the Winter Palace, and had secretly made a secret appointment with Miss Qingxia, and got along in private, and said that he would marry her. I don't know anything else. ”

Before I knew it, it was past noon, and I was going to take my leave. When I was about to leave the house, I repeatedly told the girl, "Don't say this to anyone else." It can be seen that Miss Qingxia has learned from her previous ruts. The girl looked a little surprised, nodded hurriedly, and said, "The little girl talked a lot today, said these words more, and asked the son to keep a lot of secrets for me." I said, "Don't worry, girl." ”

Although I have not been able to meet Miss Qingxia, this girl's words have made clear what the king wants to know most. So, when I told the king these words, the king showed a rare excitement and said, "In this way, I can put this abominable thief to death." "Of course I know who this thief he is talking about, but I just pretend not to know, and I deliberately don't ask more. I know that the king's ultimate goal is to take back his own power from the Queen Mother. In order to enable the king to win in one fell swoop, I reminded the king, "If your majesty wants to get rid of the troubles of his henchmen and avenge his father, he must have solid and conclusive evidence, otherwise, the queen mother will not only not believe it, but will severely blame him, put his majesty in a very disadvantageous position, and will also cause the thieves and ministers to resurge their evil intentions and wait for an opportunity to plot." ”

The king smiled very confidently and said, "Childe, look at this." As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from the bookcase, opened it and saw that there were several palace secret orders, including a secret order to secretly poison Governor Wei, and they were all signed with the name of the Queen Mother. I was first taken aback and asked, "Where did the king get this evidence?" The king smiled mysteriously and said, "This was seized by the new lord of Peach Village when he was cleaning up his belongings in the Peach Village Council. I said, "This secret decree was signed by the Queen Mother, what will Your Majesty do about it?" The king shook his head and said proudly, "No, this is written by the Commander in the name of the Queen Mother, not by the Queen Mother herself." Moreover, the stepmother would never harm her father. ”

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