Since June, Zhu Qiming has been feeling an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. According to the outside, the periphery of Xiefang Garden has become a no-man's land, people in the courtyard are not forbidden, living as usual, this place is like a courtyard outside the world, everything is as expected, I should be calm and relaxed, why is my heart uneasy? In this regard, Xu Gong attributed it to the sweltering weather.

Perhaps, Xu Gong is right. July fire, August is not young, but the weather has not turned cool, after many days of scorching sun, the clouds and wind stop, the rain is still resting, the whole town border city has become a huge steamer, the endless stuffy heat is irritable.

Zhu Qiming sat in front of the bookcase, closed his eyes and calmed down.

For more than a year, a full 420 days, a book case, several historical books, he has been thinking about it all day long, dreaming countless times into the soul world of famous people such as Zichan and Guan Zhong, and constantly touching the pulse of Wu Zixu, Fan Sui, Chao Cuo and other Fengyun strategists, and enjoying the heroic wind of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the ancient wolf smoke in the north of China every day, he has done enough homework for the upcoming Fengyun Meeting. In Xu Gong's mouth, he is a genius boy, and his knowledge is no longer comparable to that of a rotten Confucian who is at a loss!

However, he was restless at the moment, and his mind was in chaos!

He already has a superficial martial arts, and in time, martial arts will be successful. Moreover, from Xu Gong, he learned the art of war, and the strategy in his chest was far better than the rough and humble view of the palace when he was training soldiers.

There are only four books and five classics left. Now it's pointless to spend a lot of time to elucidate the subtlety, after all, it's some kind of false decoration, and it's not too late to return to the capital and gild! Back in the capital, after the packaging of the famous teacher, it will come naturally!

However, after all, he was restless, and his extraordinary ambitions were all lost in an ordinary state of mind!

Daytime distraction, midnight terrors, and unprovoked visions haunted him for more than a month.

There was always a sense of foreboding, but he didn't want to face it.

Suddenly, thunder exploded outside the window, and the wind swept the shower, instantly obscuring the courtyard outside the door.

When the autumn coolness hit, he shivered, and in a trance, he only felt that the coolness did not come from the wind and rain, but from the bottom of his heart!

At this time, Yun Niang walked in slowly, at this moment her mask had been removed, her face was calm, and the raindrops on her head flowed down her cheeks and flowed through the corners of her eyes, like teardrops.

Zhu Qiming got up blankly, his ominous premonition became more and more intense, and he accidentally touched the "Book of Han" on the bookcase.

"Yun Niang just learned the news of the capital, and she didn't dare to hide it. Please hold on, Your Highness! ”

Outside the door, there was a splash of water, the water was overflowing, the wind and rain were frantically tearing the grass and trees, and at a glance, the courtyard was desolate.

"In October last year, Wei Wangxue, Princess Wei was martyred."

Ten Uncle Kings! Zhu Qiming's head buzzed, and his mind suddenly went blank. He walked out of the study in a distraught and knelt in the rain, tears mixed with the rain raging on his face.

"In February this year, the eldest princess of Jiaxing."

Aunt! Zhu Qiming's teeth began to tremble.

"In June this year, Yue Wang Xue and Princess Yue were martyred!"

Zhu Qiming was shocked, only to feel that the sky was spinning, and there was darkness in front of him.

"Master! Back to Beijing! Before he fell to the ground, this terrible scream pierced the rain curtain and drifted through the porch for a long time.

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Liang Gang returned to the capital and brought more detailed news: King Wei died suddenly at the palace poetry banquet, died in a storm, and his body was diseased, injured and poisonous; King Yue was sick for more than two months and died. The death of the two princes one after another does not seem to be blamed on others, and the legendary major event in the capital is that there is a strange relationship in the army.

Liang Gang looked uncertain, "At the beginning of last year, rumors spread in Beijing, saying that His Royal Highness's father had secret dealings with the Beijing army, and the capital was under martial law for this, and more than ten battalion officers and two governors were imprisoned, and they were just released last month. Since June last year, the Yue and Wei provinces have been banned, and entry and exit must be subject to holy decrees. Ouyang Changshi speculated that the people in the Forbidden City did not send people to find His Highness's Xiaoluo and did not escort His Highness back to Beijing, perhaps because they were worried that Yuefu and Weifu would really contact the Beijing army secretly. ”

The tears on Zhu Qiming's face were not dry, and his expression was a little dazed because of excessive grief, but he still heard the meaning of Liang Gang's words, but he didn't want to talk at the moment.

Xu Gong's face on the side was solemn, "The suspected officers have all been released, which shows that the previous rumors are completely rumors!" If you want to be unfavorable to others, you must let rumors go first, but who is spreading rumors? Did Kyocaka find out about this? ”

Liang Gang shook his head.

A trace of anger flashed in Xu Gong's eyes, "I'm afraid this matter is also related to the assassination and abduction of His Highness." ”

Liang Gang approached Zhu Qiming's ear, "Your Highness, go back to Beijing, the Empress Dowager's sanity has regained her senses." ”

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Zhu Qiming met five chamberlains on the way, including Feng Duo, and the chamberlain brought the edict of the Empress Dowager and the emperor's will, in view of the fact that the mourning period of King Yue had passed, he was buried in the mausoleum located in Baishuiyu, and the emperor and the Empress Dowager allowed Zhu Qiming to go to Baishuiyu to pay homage to the mausoleum.

Zhu Qiming changed into declining clothes, solemnly offered sacrifices to the mausoleum, and then returned to Yuefu, went straight to the ancestral temple, and knelt in front of his parents' spiritual thrones.

Although the mourning period of King Yue and Princess Yue has passed, because Prince Yue has not returned, the maids, grandmothers, and maids in the house have not yet been removed. Zhu Qiming had already dried up in tears, and when he heard the cry, he immediately burst into tears.

The name of the king of Yue is "Jing", and he is called the king of Yue Jing in the official documents, and the spirit card naturally carries the word "Jing". It was difficult for Zhu Qiming to accept this fact for a while, the voices and smiles of his father and mother were still very clear in his mind, and everywhere he looked at him at this time, there were scenes of mourning, which made his spirit close to the brink of collapse.

When he returned from fleeing, he was separated from his parents, and he himself had become an orphan!

He fainted on the ground several times, and with tenacity and perseverance, he supported himself to kneel for three days and three nights in a row.

He did not rest, and insisted on going to the Wei Mansion to pay tribute to the dead of the ten uncles and ten concubines.

King Wei's nickname is "Gong", and he was expelled from the country because he had no heirs, that is, no one will inherit the throne of King Wei, and from then on, there is only King Wei Gong in the underworld, and there is no King Wei in the yang world.

The inner government of the Wei Mansion was abolished, and the chamberlain, grandmother, and maid were all dismissed, leaving only a small number of people to guard the mansion, and that bleak scene made Zhu Qiming difficult to let go of for a long time.

He wanted to go to the eldest princess's mansion in Jiaxing to worship, but he was told that this was not in accordance with the system, and he could only go to worship on the specified days in the future.

Back in Yuefu, the Empress Dowager sent a message to let him stay in Qingning Palace, he was extremely weak and sleepy, and he had no intention of making up his mind for a while, he just wanted to sleep. At this time, Shi Ouyang Tong, the governor of Yue Mansion, appeared by his side.

"Your Highness, you should stay in Qingning Palace."

"Why?"

"Your Highness has just returned to Beijing, your foothold is not stable, and the secret thief is unknown, at this time, you still have to get shelter in Qingning Palace"

In Zhu Qiming's view, the new funeral of his father and mother and his mother, abandoning Yuefu at this time is really against human ethics. He can't point this head!

Ouyang Tong's tone was resolute: "Yuefu is only a stone's throw away from the Forbidden City, and His Highness's stay in Qingning Palace will not delay the sacrifice of Yuefu, so it will not affect His Highness's filial piety." And once you enter the Forbidden City, you will be close to the Son of Heaven and the government, so it will be much easier for you to solve the mystery of your assassination and abduction. Also, although the assassination of King Yue Jing and King Wei Gong did not originate from the assassination of others, after all, Yue Fu and Wei Fu were wronged and wronged, who spread the rumors? With such a strict imprisonment of Yuefu and Weifu, what role did the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government play? Isn't Your Highness curious about this? If you're curious, then stay in Qingning Palace! ”

Zhu Qiming was a little moved, "After this seat was taken into captivity, my father must have had a secret conversation with Ouyang Changshi before his death, right?" ”

"There have been secret talks, but all suspicions are speculation, if you want to solve the mystery, you have to go and see it yourself, think about it, the Forbidden City is the most worth seeing!"

Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth and finally nodded.

"I heard what Xu Qianhu said, and I knew that His Highness had great wisdom and had many amazing deeds after being taken captive, but it was outside Beijing, and there was a clear distinction between friend and foe. The Forbidden City is different, the former dynasty and the harem are all places where the wind and clouds meet, there are more than a hundred people, all kinds of people, friends and foes are indistinguishable, and the scheming is unpredictable, His Royal Highness must be careful, look carefully, listen carefully, know in his heart, be cautious and dare to act. ”