CHAPTER XLIV
The Jingzhao Mansion and his party followed the road of Yunxiao Temple until they found the burning woods, and Master Fu Yuan, who came with him because he was worried about losing his black gauze hat, saw this situation, and couldn't stop patting his thigh and confessing: "How is this good!" Can you see the trace of His Royal Highness King Jing? ”
He chattered at his subordinates, but the reply he received was that he had tried his best to find it.
Master Fu Yuan's head was dizzy, outside the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, within his jurisdiction, in one day, the two big men disappeared one after another.
What's more, at this time, Qi Jingqin and Liang Huanqing are at the top of public opinion in Shangjing because of their marriage, and they are on the cusp of the storm, no matter how noble the identities of these two masters are, if the news of Liang Huanqing's murder outside the city spreads, the people in the city will gossip and gossip, and everyone will be in danger, causing panic among the people, and I don't know how the emperor should deal with him!
Not to mention that the imperial palace will put pressure on him, when the general of Jianwei Liang Fengmian knows, the thunderous anger is not something he can afford to offend with a small Jingzhao Mansion Yin.
After decades of hard work, he has only been in office for more than a few months, and he has to take off even the head of the item.
Fu Yuan drooped his head, ignoring the image of a dignified lord, so he squatted aside in a panic and buried his head in the crook of his arm.
The subordinates didn't dare to come forward to disturb when they saw it, don't say that Master Fu Yuan, even they can't protect themselves, and they all do their best to look for them by the woods.
But except for a few corpses, nothing else could be found, and it was only known that Liang Huanqing was killed here.
Seeing that the sun was about to go down, a group of people were dejected, determined about Liang Huanqing's death, but even if Liang Huanqing died, where was the body? Where did King Jing go?
This made everyone scratch their heads, and Fu Yuan was even more distressed and wanted to go like this.
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Liang Lin led a team of elite soldiers to the woods quickly, during which his face was solemn and his brows were furrowed, which also made everyone dare not come forward to talk.
Qin Ruilan was busy riding her horse and didn't look around, she was thinking if she could see Huanqing, who had escaped, maybe she was going back in the direction of Shangjing at this time...
However, there is little hope.
There was no trace of General Wei Shen in the team, Qin Ruilan wanted to ask Liang Lin several times, but when she opened her mouth, the words came to her mouth and she swallowed it again.
Qin Ruilan's repeated movements of looking back attracted Qi Wangshu's attention, she hit her horse to Qin Ruilan's side, and said casually: "Wei Shen is fine, the medical officer is taking care of him." ”
Qi Wangshu didn't look at Qin Ruilan, his eyes stared at the road ahead, Qin Ruilan subconsciously glanced at her, and only said thank you softly, but her heart was full of gratitude, at least among the two people who were worried about her heart, one of them could be fine, and now she was just looking for Huanqing.
The sun was slanting to the west, and it was about to set, Liang Xiao looked at the huge sun, and the horsewhip in his hand was fierce, and it was heavily pumped on the horse's buttocks, like an arrow from the string, and ran forward quickly.
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As soon as the army left the capital, it caused an uproar, and the people who witnessed all this couldn't help but think of General Wei Shen, who was injured outside the city at noon today, King Jing on the city wall, and Lord Fu Yuan, who also led his troops out of the city soon after hearing the news.
There were many people in Shangjing, and it didn't take long for the news to spread.
In the restaurant tea shop, many tea customers who witnessed all this were talking.
Some say that there was another accident on the border of the Celestial Empire, and Da Liang invaded the territory and approached the imperial city.
Some say that it is because of the battle for the throne, and I heard that King Jing has not returned to Beijing at this time, so he must have gone out.
There are also those who say that the Liang Mansion was dissatisfied with the family affair with King Jing, and General Liang Lin wanted to coerce Princess Shu to force King Jing to withdraw from his family.
The crowd came and went densely, and the stories were piled up in the mouths of the spectators, and spread throughout the entire Shangjing City.
Si Nanping has always been reluctant to directly participate in the affairs of officialdom, usually only let Yiqi follow the prince up and down the patrol, he used to read and write in the mansion, occasionally exchanged a few letters with friends and students who traveled far away, and listened to what they saw and heard in the mountains and rivers, so there was no more way to get news.
Today, Qi Jingqin went out of the city, and Qi Qi escorted Yuebai and Xiao'er back to the general's mansion, but the two of them did not return to the palace for a long time, and they did not send anyone to inform them.
Seeing that the sun had set and the two had not returned, Si Nanping felt that something was wrong, and asked the little maids in the family to know where they went, Si Nanping's heart sank, and his intuition told him that things were not good, so he sat in the tea shop for less than a moment, and he could hear so many things.
Elegant and easy-going, such as Si Nanping, but at this time he is also sitting like pins and needles.
At such a juncture, the one who can provoke King Jing to hurry out of the city without a retinue must be related to the eldest lady of the Liang Mansion, you know, the most important thing for them at the moment is to make peace with the Liang Mansion.
Not long ago, Liang Huanqing went out of the city to Yunxiao Temple to pray for blessings, and was driven by General Wei Shen's personal accompaniment, and went out of the imperial city in full view of everyone.
The more Si Nanping thought about it, the more anxious he became, Su Chang's white fingers tightly pinched the porcelain cup, this hand that usually stroked the piano and painted seemed to crush the porcelain cup, he knocked the porcelain cup on the table hard, and the noisy crowd around him turned to look at him.
He didn't care about any of this, and after laying down a piece of silver, he got up and ran towards the city gate.
Others may not know, but Si Nanping, who is known as the "first son in the world", can see it clearly, he knows that this is the prince's conspiracy, the prince wants to destroy the marriage, and in a hurry, he can only make a ruthless move to kill Liang Huanqing who is outside the city.
But at this time, Si Nanping couldn't do anything, he came to the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city gate knew that he was the gentleman of Jingwangfu, so they sold him a favor and allowed him to go up. However, when he climbed high and looked into the distance, he could only hear more clearly the unreliable conjectures circulated by the people in the city, but he could do nothing.
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At this time, the crown prince Qi Jingyang and the general Liang Fengmian were sent to the palace by an urgent summons order from the emperor.
Outside the Qinzheng Palace, Qi Jingyang and Liang Fengmian took a look.
Although Liang Fengmian did not participate in the matter of the prince's succession, he also did not want to see His Royal Highness the prince in his heart, and his ability was insufficient.
Recently, because he wanted to marry King Jing's Mansion, he considered it from Liang Huanqing's point of view, and even sneered at the prince. On the way to the palace, he heard a lot of words, although Liang Lin did not report this matter to himself, he also guessed in his heart, thinking of the precious daughter whose life and death were uncertain at this time, and he did not have a good face for the prince.
Faced with Liang Fengmian's disappointment, Qi Jingyang just smiled, this general doesn't often give himself a good face because of his high position, he doesn't care anymore, when Yu Chen reported the news of Liang Huanqing's death to himself, he should have thought that Liang Fengmian might have an opinion about himself, but Liang Fengmian couldn't find evidence, and he just put on a stinky face, and he didn't lose anything to himself.
Thinking so, Qi Jingyang bowed to Liang Fengmian first, and said with a smile: "Liang teaches." ”
Liang Fengmian was the same age as the emperor, and had taught the prince's martial arts when he was young, and Qi Jingyang called it a teaching that was already respect.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is heavy, and the ministers can't afford it." Liang Fengmian sneered coldly and turned his face away.
Qi Jingyang smiled, the news of Liang Huanqing's death made him happy today, and he couldn't be angry, seeing that Liang Fengmian ignored him, he also honestly stood at the door of the Qinzheng Hall and waited for the announcement.