Chapter 314: Return to Beijing
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The silence in the room was terrifying, except for the occasional low crackling of candlesticks, which then dissolved into the silence of the night.
"Tuk, tuk" A dull knock on the door also broke the suffocating silence.
Looking at Chen Sanhe Ren Shinian, who hurriedly entered the door, Kang Yan came back to her senses.
folded the small note on the table that had dried up and handed it to Ren Shinian.
Ren Shinian was dressed in a black night suit, with solemn eyebrows, and took the note and stuffed it into the hidden pocket on his body.
Kang Yan shook her head, "You look at it once, and then destroy it, I want you to see your grandmother and dictate it to her." ”
Ren Shinian was stunned for a moment, and then understood that he was afraid that the above content would fall into the hands of others and cause trouble.
He took out the note, unfolded it, looked at it quickly, and then twisted his fingers, and the note in his hand became a pile of crumbs.
His martial arts skills are the highest among the Eagle Guards, otherwise Kang Yan would not have named him to come.
"I must find a way to meet my grandmother," Kang Yan paused and gritted her teeth, "If you are too guarded to get close, you just need to make sure that your grandmother is okay, and the rest ....." This time he stopped a little longer before he spoke, with a determination that he did not hesitate, "I will arrange the rest." ”
Ren Shinian nodded, indicating that he understood.
The eldest princess of Fuyun is the founder of their eagle guards, and these eagle guards are all trained by the eldest princess of Fuyun, and the most loyal in their hearts is the eldest princess of Fuyun.
Now Kang Yan asked him to visit the eldest princess of Fuyun, even if he died, he would also complete the task.
Ren Shinian saluted Kang Yan, turned around, and disappeared into the night in black clothes.
Kang Yeon turned to Chen San, who had been standing quietly beside him.
Chen San understood, and immediately said: "The prince has already sent a message in the fastest way, and for the sake of safety, his subordinates have sent three carrier pigeons, and at the same time, let people hurry up to the imperial tomb to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”
Kang Yeon's heart was slightly relieved.
Qi Chenjing's side, with his decisiveness and bravery, will definitely be able to respond as soon as possible, what she can do now is to try her best to stabilize the situation in the capital and find a way to find a flaw, so as not to keep him in a passive position.
In the final analysis, the core of this matter still comes down to the Hewanglan paid by the Kang family and the Yipin crown sold.
All the flowers and plants of the Kang family are planted in the Qinxiang Garden of Macheng Mansion, and the Tianxiang Garden here in the capital has also begun to be planted in the past six months, but the quantity is still not as large as that of Macheng Mansion.
The Tianxiang Garden in Macheng Mansion is taken care of by Li Da's shopkeeper, although after she married Qi Chenjing, the family's property was basically handed over to Kang Shaofan to take care of, but Kang Yan has enough confidence that whether it is Li Da's shopkeeper or Kang Shaofan, they are not people who will feed flowers with poison.
Then the question arises, whether those flowers are really poisonous, or the emperor is just acting in a play, and those who participate are not actually poisoned.
Kang Yeon's intuition is not the latter.
In front of everyone, it was too difficult to let many ministers order their wives to act in the scene of poisoning, not to mention that I heard that the emperor had sent all the imperial doctors at that time.
It is impossible for all imperial doctors to be emperors.
The biggest possibility is that those people were actually poisoned.
It is not difficult to verify this, Kang Yan instructed Chen San, "Find someone to sort out a list of all the poisoned people, and who was the official who originally asked the emperor to send someone to inspect the Yipin crown in his family?" ”
This list is probably illustrative, and Kang Yan wants to carefully scrutinize one or two from the list.
"Also, let's see if we can find a way to get a few copies of the Imperial Doctor's pulse case."
If it was really poisoned, she needed to know what it was.
Kang Yan pondered in her heart, and the third order was immediately issued, which she had already thought about several times just now, "You can find a way to get a few pots of Hewanglan in the queen's palace, and a crown placed in the house of the most poisoned minister for me." ”
"Early tomorrow morning, let Lao Wang come to see me quietly." Kang Yan calculated the time when Hu Da might come back, and it was most appropriate for Lao Wang to come early tomorrow morning.
The four orders were delivered one at a time in a very short time.
Chen remembered it three times and admired.
It has only been three or four hours since the incident, but the princess was able to quickly wake up from the panic, and then made a series of arrangements.
These arrangements are all implemented in the idea.
He is now very glad that King An sent the princess back to the capital first, if the princess still stays in the imperial tomb at the moment, if such a thing happens, even if they make arrangements in the fastest time, it is beyond the reach of the whip, and when the prince rushes back to the capital to preside over the overall situation, everything is estimated to have settled.
Fortunately, the princess is in the capital at this moment.
Looking at these arrangements made by the princess, the soldiers are divided into four ways, different people deal with different things, but they all point to the core of the problem, presumably these arrangements continue, and the princess will soon be able to help the prince stabilize the situation.
If there is no princess to preside over the overall situation, I am afraid that these subordinates in the capital will be leaderless, and they will inevitably panic, unable to find the direction or ignore the tail, and it will be difficult to be thoughtful.
"Fortunately, the princess is in the capital at the moment." Before Chen San left, he couldn't help but sigh.
Kang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then a touch of bitterness rose on her face.
If she can, she doesn't want to calculate this, she just wants to guard Brother Tan, Qi Chenjing, and their family to live a safe and stable life.
But now people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, she has to be careful, because if she is not careful, she may be doomed.
If only they had to pay it back, now they have a grandmother and a brother, if something happens to them, what will happen to her brother.
So, she can't afford to lose.
Kang Yan closed her eyes and rubbed her eyebrows, and her thoughts turned back to the problem she had just analyzed.
If it is really poisoned, is it because the flower is poisonous, or is someone poisoning it through other channels?
Both of these are possible.
If the flowers are poisonous, then are these Hewang orchids and Yipinguan the Kang family?
Did someone else concoct poisonous flowers and plant them to the Kang family, or did the Kang family's flowers be secretly poisoned?
Kang Yan felt that the first possibility was more likely.
Many poisons and flowers are mutually reinforcing, poisoning in flowers, the amount is not calculated well, and the flowers can easily die and cannot be fed at all.
What's more, is it a temporary poisoning in flowers?
From Macheng Mansion to the capital, the distance of more than 20 days, in these more than 20 days, find a way to poison all the flowers in Beijing of the Kang family, not to mention ordinary florists, even Kang Yan, a master of raising flowers, may not be able to do it.
The biggest possibility is that someone has already secretly concocted a batch of poisonous flowers, and found a way to mix them into the Kang family's flowers, or replace the Kang family's tribute flowers.
Such a person must not only understand the habits of flowers, be good at raising flowers, but also understand pharmacology.
Where did the emperor find such a person?
For the sake of the throne, he did not hesitate to spend such a large amount of blood.
The lives of so many important ministers in the court were actually used as pawns in the struggle for the throne.
The dim candlelight reflected on Kang Yan's silent face, flickering and flickering, but her heart gradually became cold like the weather outside.
..........
The sky was dark, and slightly messy footsteps rushed into Qi Chenjing's bedroom.
Qi Chenjing slept very lightly, and when he heard the sound of footsteps, he stepped forward, sat up from the bed, and looked at Meng Zihan, who was pushing the door in.
"Something happened in the capital."
Meng Zihan handed over the note he had just received from Lao Jiang in his hand, remembering that the carrier pigeon that Lao Jiang had just picked up was dying.
It is a matter of urgency to be tired like this.
Qi Chenjing took it, looked at it again, and his face quickly sank.
"Quickly summon Lao Jiang and others to come to the meeting."
In less than half an hour, they all sat in Qi Chenjing's study.
"If the Praetorian Guards hurry up, they should be able to reach the Imperial Tomb in the middle of the night tonight." Lao Jiang calculated in his heart the speed of the Praetorian Guards.
"The prince can't go to the capital with the Praetorian Guard." Lao Liu, who has always spoken little, said directly.
"That's right," Lao Wang echoed, "If you follow the Praetorian Guards, I'm afraid that on the road, the prince may encounter an accident, and when the time comes, go back to Beijing and report that the prince is afraid of crime and will judge himself, and the case will be decided." ”
Since the emperor planned the first half, it is impossible to just let Qi Chenjing enter Beijing to await trial.
"Even if you don't do it on the road, there will be endless means when you get to the capital......"
Qi Chenjing's face was calm, and his fingers knocked on the table unhurriedly, which was his habit when thinking.
He didn't plan to follow the Praetorian Guards into Beijing.
It's just that such a big thing happened in the capital, and even the Chen family was surrounded, I don't know how Yan'er and Brother Tan are now.
He was a little worried about Kang Yan's mother and son, one was afraid that Kang Yan would expose her identity and the emperor would send someone to deal with her, and second, he was afraid that Kang Yan would do something in a hurry when he heard that such a thing happened.
In the end, Mencius Han, who had been following him, understood his mood and comforted him: "...... The princess has always been smart and calm, not to mention anything else, the princess was able to get the news so quickly, and the princess sent someone to send it, if she wants to come to the capital, the princess will also make arrangements, and she will not act rashly. ”
"Lord Wang, this is a mess of concern."
Qi Chenjing was dumbfounded, and suddenly remembered that when Kang Yan was in Macheng Mansion, she was able to fight against the Kang family with her own strength, and she succeeded the ninth brother and almost crossed the Du family.
Indeed, he was so concerned that he forgot that Yan'er was originally a smart person.
Lao Jiang and Lao Liu, who were thinking about how to deal with it, suddenly heard Meng Zihan's words of comfort, and the two of them were stunned for a moment, and then a little unnatural.
The prince has also been a little too affectionate for the princess, at this time, he didn't think about getting out of trouble first, but remembered the princess first.
The two of them were quite complicated for a while.
Qi Chenjing's mind turned back and knocked on the table, "This king still wants to return to Beijing." ”
Back to Beijing? Lao Jiang and Lao Liu's faces changed, didn't the prince hear their analysis just now?
Lao Jiang's mind changed faster, and he immediately reacted, "The prince means to go back to Beijing, but he doesn't go back to Beijing with the Praetorian Guards?" ”
Qi Chenjing nodded.
Now, he still has to go back to the capital to act better.
In the Imperial Mausoleum, no matter how hearty you are, many things are beyond your reach.
"It's just that for what reason to return to Beijing, you can discuss it, this king means to leave in a while and leave before the Praetorian Guards arrive at the imperial tomb."
Meng Zihan, Lao Jiang, Lao Liu and others looked at each other.
Meng Zihan is the best at martial arts and military training, and this kind of brain-burning thing of intrigue has always been Lao Jiang's strength.
Seeing that Qi Chenjing finally set his eyes on himself, Lao Jiang stroked his beard and thought with a frown, "There is one reason, but it is a little absurd." ”
Qi Chenjing raised his eyebrows, in this regard, Lao Jiang has never let him down.
Lao Jiang squinted his eyes and said something.
There was silence in the study.
Lao Jiang's reason is indeed absurd, and even has a bit of a skinny component, but it is very suitable to use at this moment.
For a moment, Mencius Han and Lao Liu Qiqi made a gesture of admiration to Lao Jiang.
Even Qi Chenjing, who had been keeping a calm face, couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
"The snow has not melted away a few days ago, and the snow on the road is difficult to walk, so the prince should go on the road as soon as possible." The matter was settled, and Lao Jiang urged Qi Chenjing.
Qi Chenjing's expression froze, "The Imperial Mausoleum will trouble a few of you, if so....... Don't fight them. ”
Time was pressing, he only took the Eagle Guard away at most, and the rest of the people stayed in the Imperial Tomb temporarily, Qi Chenjing was worried that the Praetorian Guards would hurt these people.
"All they want is to escort this king back to Beijing, and if they can't see this king, they won't hurt you at will, as long as you pretend to obey them, you just have to be wronged for a while."
Lao Jiang and Lao Liu bowed their heads and bowed their heads.
Meng Zihan was not worried about himself, he was worried about his wife Chen Kexuan.
"Arrange Cousin Xuan at General Ma's house, this person can be trusted, and he can be entrusted with something." Qi Chenjing told Mencius Han.
.......
The Praetorian Guards in the capital arrived a little later than Lao Jiang expected.
When the group knocked on the door with the holy decree, it was already past the hour.
"The holy decree has arrived, please come out and receive the decree!" At the head was a Janissary Captain, who shouted at the top of his voice as soon as he entered the door.
Qi Chenjing's house in the imperial tomb was not big, and after a while, Lao Jiang, Lao Liu and others came out to receive the holy decree.
Meng Zihan returned to Tiantai Mountain after settling down Chen Kexuan, he still had important things to do, and he couldn't sit still in the house.
Looking at the people kneeling in the courtyard, the face of the captain of Xiaoqi sank, "What about King An, please come out to receive the order?" ”
Why hasn't King An come out yet? Could it be that you haven't woken up yet?
Lieutenant Xiaoqi was a little impatient, touched the holy decree in his arms, thinking that after returning this trip, his official position was estimated to be able to move, so thinking about it, his mood was better.
"Hurry up and call King An up, you don't have to waste time freshening up and changing clothes, just take the order quickly."
Anyway, I'm going to be escorted back to Beijing in a while, and it's not a big deal whether I change my clothes or not.
Lao Jiang, who was the leader, looked a little panicked, "Oh, my lord, it's so late, could it be that there is something urgent in the capital?" ”
Captain Xiao glanced at Lao Jiang.
If Qi Chenjing is still the prince of An who lives in the palace in the capital, Lao Jiang, a subordinate official of the palace of An Wangfu, is also of a grade, and a captain of the cavalry naturally does not dare to ask him.
However, right now, hmph, he is going to be reduced to a prisoner, and the captain of Xiaoqi naturally doesn't take Lao Jiang in his eyes.
"Why do you ask so much? Let King Ann come out. ”
Lao Jiang's face was a little embarrassed, and he looked at Lao Liu, as if he didn't know what to say?
Captain Xiaoqi frowned, "If you have anything to say, don't waste time." ”
Lao Jiang seemed to be startled, and blurted out, "Our prince entered Beijing yesterday, why didn't you meet him on the road?" (To be continued.) )