Chapter 41: The True Murderer
Yan Linyu was reviewing today's recital, and the big eunuch beside him hurriedly walked over, knelt down in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Northern Barbarians is already outside the city!" ”
"What?" Yan Linyu got up from his seat and said, "How is it possible?" Even if it is a fast horse, it will take a month from Beiban to Dayan. They're already outside the city? ”
"If you go back to the emperor, the person who comes is Gelang, the younger brother of the Northern Barbarian Commander Huertu!"
"Chuan Honglu Temple Shaoqing, hurry up!" Yan Linyu said angrily, and the eunuch hurriedly retreated and summoned.
When it was close to noon, the young secretary of Honglu Temple stumbled in with his official robe.
"Your Majesty!"
"Grand's already out of town, you know?"
"If you go back to the emperor, Weichen only learned this morning that he has sent someone to greet him."
"Beiban and Dayan are thousands of miles apart, how could they reach the territory of Dayan so quickly, and even outside our city?"
"Back to ······ When he returned to the emperor, Ge Lang's explanation was that they had come to Dayan half a month ago, just to learn more about Dayan's customs and customs. Later, Khurtu said that he wanted to come to Beijing to do some business, and they separated. Now that I know of his death, I come forward and ask for ······"
"What do you want?" Yan Linyu asked in a low voice.
"Ask for an explanation!" Honglu Temple Shaoqing said tremblingly.
Yan Linyu clenched his fists, and suddenly raised his hand and knocked everything on the table to the ground.
"The Northern Barbarians have been wandering around in Dayan for half a month, and I don't know anything about it! Even they are kidnapping people right under my nose! Okay, this is the good thing you Honglu Temple has done, this is the loyal minister I have raised! One by one, take the money and don't do the right thing! ”
"The emperor is happy and angry!" The people in the hall knelt down, Yan Linyu has always been gentle, and it can be seen that he is really angry this time.
"Get out of here!" He threw the fold in his hand into the face of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and sat back in his chair, his face full of anger.
Everyone didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly bowed their heads and retreated.
"Wait a minute!" Yan Linyu stopped Shaoqing again.
"Arrange the work of receiving the envoys of the Northern Barbarians, and if there is a bad pool, I am the only one who asks!"
"Yes!" The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple ran out as if he had received an amnesty.
Because Yan Linyu was furious, his personal eunuch Hu Gonggong hurriedly asked people to invite his favorite concubine Concubine Lan, and also brought Princess Zhaoyue with him.
"Niangniang, you are here, the emperor is inside, Long Yan is furious, and the minions are also out of line, so I invited you and the princess!"
"Hongu knows!" Concubine Lan's face was pale, she glanced down at Princess Zhaoyue, and straightened her sideburns, Princess Zhaoyue was Yan Linyu's first daughter, no matter how angry he was, he would not lose his temper with her.
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Lan pushed the door in, and was also taken aback when she saw the mess in this place. On weekdays, the emperor has never been angry with their concubines, what happened today?
"Father!" Zhaoyue ran forward with a milky voice and said, "Why is my father angry? ”
On weekdays, Yan Linyu will definitely pick her up and smile at her. But now he's really not in the mood.
"I'm very annoyed now, you let me be alone for a while, I'll go to your palace for dinner in the evening!"
Concubine Lan was stunned, it was understandable to reject her, but he rejected his favorite daughter! It seems that this is indeed a big deal.
She is not a person who doesn't know how to look at her, so she hurriedly hugged Princess Zhaoyue and said to the emperor: "The concubine understands, your majesty, although the state affairs are worried, you also have to take care of the dragon body!" ”
Yan Linyu took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, and then nodded and said, "There is Concubine Lao Ai who cares, you can go back first!" Don't bring Zhaoyue over next time, I don't want her to see me lose my temper! ”
"Yes!" Concubine Lan nodded, picked up the princess and slowly withdrew.
Yan Linyu sat on the ground like this, he was angry because he thought that the impregnable country was actually very easy to break. Is he useless, or is there too many moths in this country? Either one of them can make him angry.
Concubine Lan came out with the princess in her arms, and Gonggong Hu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Concubine Lan, why did you come out so quickly?" Is the emperor still angry? ”
"Yes!" Concubine Lan sighed and said: "It's the first time in this palace to see the emperor so angry, you pay attention, and when the emperor is angry, remember to send someone to tell me!" ”
"Don't worry, mother!" Gonggong Hu nodded, and at this time they saw Zhao Yuru and Lin Yufu walking one after the other under the leadership of the aunt in charge.
Because of Lin Yufu's special status, she specially wore a hat to cover her face. But her temperament is too outstanding, even if she covers her appearance, she can still make people feel a kind of graceful charm.
"Sect Chief Zhao!" Concubine Lan recognized Zhao Yuru and smiled at her and nodded. But Zhao Yuru didn't recognize her, he just looked at her outfit like a high-ranking concubine.
"This is Concubine Lan, the biological mother of Princess Zhaoyue!" Lin Yufu hurriedly leaned into her ear and whispered.
"Oh, I've seen Concubine Lan!" She bowed respectfully.
"Who is this?" Concubine Lan looked at Lin Yufu and muttered in her heart.
"This is Weichen's friend, and he has an urgent matter to meet the emperor!"
"That's really unfortunate, the emperor is furious, and he shouldn't want to see anyone now. Just drove out Hongu and Zhaoyue. ”
"Long Yan is furious?" Zhao Yuru was stunned for a moment, and then understood what it was for. On the way to the palace, they heard that the envoys of the Northern Barbarians had arrived outside the city. The only explanation for the rapid appearance is that they have always been in the territory of Dayan!
The people who have mixed in with the Northern Barbarians under their noses, or the people of the Great Commander Clan, the emperor will naturally be very angry.
"Weichen is here for this matter, I believe that he can share the emperor's worries!"
"Really?" Concubine Lan's eyes lit up, and she was about to say something, but Princess Zhaoyue, who had been holding her hand, broke free from her and ran to Lin Yufu curiously, and she looked up from under the hood. And Lin Yufu also felt that this little person was looking at her, so she gently lifted the veil and smiled at her.
"Wow! Mother! What a beautiful aunt! Zhao Yue clapped her hands happily, ran to Concubine Lan and said, "This aunt is a fairy!" Is she going to live in our palace like Yuan Niangniang? ”
Lin Yufu heard this, and hurriedly lowered her head.
Concubine Lan frowned, and directly stepped forward to lift Lin Yufu's hat.
Together with Gonggong Hu on the side, his eyes widened, isn't this girl the Yufu girl from Huaiyang Palace?
Concubine Lan obviously felt a pressure before Lin Yufu's beauty.
"Who are you?" Even the voice that spoke with her trembled a little.
"Folk Girl······ Lin Yufu! She couldn't, so she could only prostrate on the ground and kowtow.
"Sect Chief Zhao? You're doing it now······· This is the act of sending a woman to the palace? ”
Zhao Yuru was stunned and understood that Concubine Lan would be wrong.
"No, no, mother, I'm not pimping." She waved her hand and said, "We really have something urgent to see the emperor!" ”
Princess Zhaoyue on the side raised her head, pulled Concubine Lan's skirt and asked, "Mother, what is pimping?" ”
"Shut up!" Concubine Lan glared at Zhao Yuru and said, "Chief Sect Leader Zhao has always spoken like this? ”
"No, no, don't get me wrong. I just hope that Niangniang can understand that we really have something important to find the emperor. It's about the emperor's worries! ”
"No, Lin Yufu, a woman in a green building, what kind of identity!"
"Niangniang, you don't understand this, Miss Yufu has personally promised by the emperor that she can enter and leave the palace freely. When the time comes, she will perform at the post-sealing ceremony! ”
"The fox bewitches the Lord, what a fox charms the Lord! Hongu ······"
"!" At this time, Gonggong Hu stepped forward to stop Concubine Lan and said in a low voice: "The emperor did say that Miss Yufu can enter and leave the palace. She is the woman of His Royal Highness the King of Huaiyang, and there should be something really wrong here! ”
"It's still your father-in-law, you are reasonable!" Zhao Yuru said with a smile: "Please also ask your father-in-law to report it!" ”
"Okay, then please Lord Zhao and Miss Yufu and other minions!"
After speaking, Gonggong Hu walked in.
Concubine Lan walked up to her and saw her kneeling on the ground, stretching out her foot to step on her hand.
"!" Zhao Yuru's eyes are sharp, how can his slender jade fingers be stepped on by this jealous woman?
"The princess is still here, you don't care about yourself, you have to take care of the child's feelings. Don't let her see what her mother did! ”
Concubine Lan thought for a moment and put away her feet.
"Please rest assured, Miss Yufu is a person from the King of Huaiyang, and she will not enter the palace!" At the end, Zhao Yuru said again.
"Even the Huaiyang Palace, it can't allow lowly women to enter!" After saying that, she left angrily with Princess Zhaoyue.
"Oops, get up, didn't you get stepped on?" Zhao Yuru was busy holding Lin Yufu's hand wash and watch.
"Don't worry, I won't let her step on it!" Lin Yufu gave her a reassuring smile, and then said, "Aren't you sad?" ”
"Sad? What do I have to be sad about? Zhao Yuru was confused.
"She's so degrading of your identity!"
"This one! I'm used to it! How many times have I been pointed at my nose and scolded, and I've heard even more ugly ones, it's okay! Besides, I was originally a woman who grew up in a green building without a father or mother, and she was right! ”
Lin Yufu lowered her head and didn't speak, she couldn't stand it after listening to it a few times, how did she come over all these years?
"Are you thinking, how did I come here after listening to these words all these years?" Zhao Yuru seemed to know how to read minds, and he saw through Lin Yufu's mind at a glance.
"Yes!"
"For I was born and grew up in the dirt. So I'm not afraid of sludge. And you're different, that's the difference between us. Everyone has their own suffering, and now that they have changed their bodies, it's also good, you can know how many people in the world are suffering differently besides me. ”
"You're open-minded!" Lin Yufu smiled slightly.
The two gossiped for a while, and Grandpa Hu walked out.
"Lord Zhao, Miss Yufu, the emperor announced that you should go in! But the emperor hasn't lost his anger yet, so be careful when you speak! ”
"Thank you father-in-law for the reminder! Next time your father-in-law goes out of the palace to procure, remember to come to my house for a cup of tea! Zhao Yuru smiled and pulled Lin Yufu in.
In the main hall, the things have been packed up by the attendants. But Yan Linyu's face was still not good.
"Zhao Aiqing, you brought Miss Yufu to find me, what happened?"
Zhao Yuru glanced at Lin Yufu, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has found a suspicious point, in order to prove his suspicions, so I beg the emperor to let Weichen take a look at Huertu's corpse again!" ”
Yan Linyu frowned, he still trusted Zhao Yuru's words very much.
"Yes, I trust you! Come on, go and get the body of Khurtu! ”
The guard answered, and quickly went down.
"Can you tell me what's in doubt?"
Lin Yufu slowly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, when Huertu's body left that day, I saw that one of his feet had turned black and purple, but the other was intact. So I suspect that he was poisoned! ”
"Are you sure?" This news surprised Yan Linyu. If this news is true, then maybe it is none of Zhao Yuru's business!
"I've seen some similar things before, but the folk girl is not sure, so I asked Mr. Zhao to take me to the palace to find out!"
Yan Linyu heard this and glanced at Zhao Yuru.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuru hurriedly said: "Weichen believes in Miss Yufu!" ”
"You naturally have to believe it, otherwise, if you are guilty, you will be the first to be unlucky!" Yan Linyu broke the little Jiujiu in Zhao Yuru's heart with one word.
Zhao Yuru stuck out his tongue a little embarrassed, who is not afraid of death, this is also human nature!
In a few moments, Khurtu's body was lifted, and his coffin was filled with ice, and when it was opened, it was cold.
Seeing Khurtu's pale corpse, Zhao Yuru couldn't hold back any longer, turned around and vomited.
She vomited and thought that the two breakfasts she had eaten this morning had all been wasted.
Lin Yufu saw that Zhao Yuru actually vomited in front of the emperor, and the whole person was about to collapse, and she lost her honor in front of the palace, which can be regarded as completely smashing her majesty as the first female general of Dayan.
"Oops! Lord Zhao! When Gonggong Hu saw this scene, he was also shocked. It's a rush to call the imperial doctor and the palace maid.
Yan Linyu's face was also very ugly, but his good cultivation prevented him from being angry again.
"Zhao Aiqing, when you look at the enemy's head on the battlefield, is it the same way?"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Yufu's face became even more ugly!
"I'm sorry Your Majesty, Weichen ate too much in the morning!" She held the Panlong Pillar, thinking to herself that in the book, there was Sun Wukong peeing on the fingertips of the Buddha, and now there is her Zhao Yuru vomiting under the Panlong Pillar of the Jinluan Palace, and she is also a legend.
"Did you vomit it? After vomiting, hurry up and show me what you said! "Rao is Yan Linyu, no matter how good his cultivation is, he will be angry.
"Your Majesty, let the maiden verify it for you!" Lin Yufu hurriedly took over the conversation, Zhao Yuru had never seen such a thing, it is estimated that she wanted to vomit when she saw this corpse, so let herself come!
With that, she walked in front of Khurtu's body, because he had been dead for a long time, he was stiff, and there was a faint smell of corpses on his body. But Lin Yufu didn't care about this, she took off Huertu's shoes and socks, and sure enough, she saw that his two feet were different colors.
"Died too quickly, the toxin didn't have time to spread, and it stopped here at the ankle!" Lin Yufu was like a professional man, pulling out the silver needle on his head and trying to pierce his left foot.
"Miss Yufu!" At this time, Yan Linyu stopped Lin Yufu and said, "This person is a Northern Barbarian nobleman, according to convention, we can't touch his corpse!" ”
"Just stab a hole, and no one will find out!" Lin Yufu whispered.
"What if your guess is wrong?" Yan Linyu looked at her and said.
"Then let Mr. Zhao take the blame!"
Zhao Yuru, who vomited so darkly, almost fainted when he heard this.
"If your guess is correct, do you know who poisoned them?"
"The folk girl is eight points sure!"
Yan Linyu looked at Lin Yufu's eyes and slowly removed his hand.
Lin Yufu stabbed the silver hairpin in his hand into Khurtu's ankle, and pulled it out after a while, and the silver hairpin was really black!
"It's dark!" Zhao Yuru shouted: "Is it really her?" ”
Seeing that the guess in her heart was confirmed, Lin Yufu sighed lightly.
"Who is it?" Yan Linyu was a little anxious.
Lin Yufu looked at Zhao Yuru and motioned for her to come.
"Your Majesty, that day I went to rescue Mrs. Hou of the Splendid Workshop, and this Khurtu had a fight, during which I was once defeated, it was Mrs. Hou who ignored her own danger and stepped forward to hug Khurtu's feet, delaying the time, so that I was able to turn defeat into victory. So ······"
"Mrs. Hou of Fairfair?" Yan Linyu thought about it, isn't this a woman that Yan Linjun used to love?
"So, you mean to say that it was Madame Hou who killed Khurtu."
"So to speak!" Zhao Yuru continued according to what Lin Yufu taught her: "According to Weichen's observation, there are multiple fractures on Huertu's body, which should be caused by falling from a height. This means that he had a drug attack, and he had a problem with one foot, so he fell down. Even if he hadn't fallen to his death, he would have died sooner or later. But it is estimated that at that time, this Khurtu had already left Dayan, and all this had nothing to do with us! ”
Yan Linyu understood this time.
"That's it!" Yan Linyu said coldly: "He came here to rob Mrs. Hou, and was later killed by Mrs. Hou. Karma, that Grand of the Northern Barbarians has nothing to say! ”
"Even so, what if they insist on taking one life for another?" Zhao Yuru probably understood what Yan Linyu was thinking.
"An embroidery workshop proprietress and a head coach of a camp in the suburbs of Beijing, which is more important?" Yan Linyu looked at Zhao Yuru, her eyes were transparent.
"How can this be divided by weight? It's all human life······" Zhao Yuru still wanted to refute, but was pulled by Lin Yufu.
"The people and Lord Zhao have found out the real culprit for the emperor, and ······ next"
"The rest is none of your business! Grand is about to enter the city, so don't leave the palace. I'll have people clean up the side hall, and you can rest for a while, and wait for me to summon you!" ”
Although Zhao Yuru had countless dissatisfactions in his heart, he still lowered his head. After all, she still understands the difference between respect and inferiority.
When they arrived at the side hall, there were palace maids who waited for them to change their clothes, and the imperial doctor came to ask for the pulse, and then countless delicacies were served.
"The emperor is really good to you!" Lin Yufu smiled.
"That's not good for me, it's good for you! It's good for Zhao Yuru, who has great achievements and is majestic on all sides! I'm nothing more than a waste that vomits at the sight of a corpse. I can live only because I live in your body! ”
Lin Yufu listened to her tone and knew that she was unhappy because of the emperor's words.
"When I was fighting, I was never the one who was cut off when I encountered an ambush!" Lin Yufu said softly: "Because I am the commander of the team, I can't die!" There is indeed no distinction between life and death. But in the eyes of the emperor, our life and death have our value. ”
Zhao Yuru lowered her head, she understood the reason, but when she really met it, she still felt unfair.
"If you go to war in the future, you will understand!"
"Don't curse me! Who's going to go to war! Zhao Yuru gently flicked Lin Yufu's head and said, "Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, what battlefield will you go to?" ”
Lin Yufu let out a long sigh, she had a hunch that Huertu's death was just the beginning, and the days after that would not be peaceful!
At that time, her body is afraid that it will be useless, and the person who is useful is feasting at this time.
"The things in the palace are delicious!" Zhao Yuru ate delicious food, and soon forgot about his troubles.
"I really want to go back to the past, I have a big appetite, and I forget everything when I'm full!" Lin Yufu said softly.
"This side hall monster is quiet!" Zhao Yuru looked around while eating and said, "Who lived before?" ”
"How do we know that it might be a dead man!"
"What are you afraid of, if you die at the age of ninety-eight, you will also be dead!" Zhao Yuru was not afraid, and stood up with a chicken leg to observe around.
"Oh, it's a beautiful woman's room!" She looked at a painting on the wall and said, "Arou, who is it?" ”
At this time, Lin Yufu stood up and walked to the painting.
"Qi Anrou, Lord Qi Yun's beloved daughter, is also the first queen!"
"So this is the room of the first queen!" Zhao Yuru was shocked.
"No, the emperor misses the first queen, and most of the palaces where the first queen once went will hang her portrait and mourn in the palace!"
"Well, it's a beauty!" Zhao Yuru nibbled on the chicken legs, nodded, and then went back to continue eating.
Lin Yufu stood in front of the portraits, and her thoughts returned to the portraits she saw in Yan Linjun's study that day.
She finally knew why she felt that the person in the portrait looked familiar.
Yan Linjun's private collection of beauty portraits is actually his sister-in-law!
Lin Yufu couldn't believe it, when the emperor ascended the throne, Yan Linjun was only fifteen. Until the death of the first queen three years later, Yan Linjun was very effective in handling the funeral and was awarded the title of King of Huaiyang. Since then, there has been an idle prince in the court who has a bad record but makes the officials powerless.
"It's really, really, so interesting!"