Xia Xin (8)
For the assassination of Xia Xin, Xia Xuan entered the palace and cried in front of Emperor Chengji, saying that his daughter's tragic death for no reason was very unjust, and it was Yong'an secret guard who brutally killed Xia Xin.
"Your Majesty, the thief who killed the old minister's daughter saw with his own eyes used the Yong'an sword technique, and I beg Your Majesty to be the master of the old minister's daughter." Xia Dan's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he looked like a poor father who had lost his daughter, "The Yongan secret guard assassinated the old minister before, and now he has killed the minister's daughter. ”
Emperor Chengji's expression did not fluctuate, but he frowned slightly when he heard him mention the Yong'an swordsmanship: "Yong'an swordsmanship? After a pause, he asked, "Did Xia Xiangke really see it clearly?" ”
Xia Dan immediately swore an oath to heaven, and if there is half a sentence that is not true, it will be thundered by the sky." ”
When Emperor Cheng Ji saw that he dared to swear so much, he also believed a little in his heart, but he still had doubts: "Even if Yong'an Secret Guard has a lot of complaints about Aiqing, why do you want to poison Miss Xia like this?" ”
"The minister is also puzzled. The daughter of the old minister has always followed the rules, but I am afraid that it was because of the old minister that she was poisoned. Xia Xin naturally praised his daughter very much, but I don't know if Xia Xin will feel ashamed when he hears it in the spirit of heaven.
"Xia Xiang, you met me when I was young, and there are some things that others don't know but you know. Yong'an swordsmanship can only be learned by the master and his disciples, and I don't want to believe a word about Yong'an Secret Guard now. Emperor Cheng Ji's face was gloomy, and a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes when he mentioned the Yong'an Secret Guard.
"However, Your Majesty, it is impossible for the Secret Guard of Yong'an to be willing to live in Yong'an forever. The disappearance of the Cold Shadow Sword last time was the best evidence, they had already taken the Cold Shadow Sword, and the Yongan Secret Guard probably already knew everything. Xia Dian didn't know what he suddenly remembered, his face changed, and then he knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty of death." Twenty years ago, His Majesty entrusted the matter to the old minister, and the old minister was indebted······ The son of the traitor, I'm afraid, is still alive. ”
The son of the traitor in his mouth naturally refers to Fu Min, the son of the traitor Fu Fei.
In fact, in the previous dynasty, the Xie family and the Fu family were world friends, and Xie Jia and Fu Min also studied under Mr. Gu and had a brotherly friendship.
It's just that now Xie Jia is the lord of the world, and Fu Min is the son of a traitor who is spurned by the world.
Sure enough, when he heard Xia Dian mention this person, Emperor Cheng Ji's face became more and more ugly: "Back then, I asked you to take care of this matter, and now you actually tell me that he is still alive?" ”
Xia Duan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister confirmed that Fu Min was dead and buried him. It wasn't until the Cold Shadow Sword was stolen that the minister felt uneasy, so he went to re-raise the corpse to check, but he didn't expect that the bones of the son of the traitor were not in the tomb at all. ”
It is simply absurd that the body that has already been buried is missing.
Emperor Cheng Ji didn't believe it, and he didn't dare to believe it: "You mean to say that Fu Min, who came back from the dead, instigated the Yongan Secret Guard to steal the Cold Shadow Sword?" Not to mention how ridiculous this kind of thing is, even if he Fu Min really came back from the dead, he didn't dare to see Yong'an Secret Guard. ”
"The people of the Yong'an Secret Guard won't believe what Fu Min said, so they came to the royal capital to ask for verification, such as the Cold Shadow Sword."
Originally, Xia Dan only came to avenge his daughter, but for some reason he mentioned the matter of the Fu family's traitor.
Fu Min is the only one who knows that secret, so he must die!
The order to kill Fu Min was carried out by Xia Dan, if Fu Min was still alive and spread the secret, Emperor Cheng Ji would not let go of Xia Dan, who was ineffective.
But Xia Dun has actually been let out, and no matter what, he will lead the water to Yong'an Secret Guard.
The existence of the Yong'an Secret Guard is the biggest threat to the new dynasty, which Xia Dan, as a former general of the Yong'an Army, knows this very well; Now, as an important minister of the imperial court, he naturally wants to uproot this troublesome as soon as possible, at all costs.
And now Xia Xin's murder is also related to Yong'an Secret Guard, which makes Xia Dian hate Yong'an Secret Guard to the core.
He has followed Emperor Cheng Ji for so many years, and he knows very well what Emperor Cheng Ji is most taboo about; So he deliberately said that he saw with his own eyes that it was the assassin who killed Xia Xin with the Yong'an sword technique, so as to completely confirm this fact.
Xia Xin's wife died early, and he didn't have much affection for that woman, but Xia Xin was his only relative, so he, as a father, must also avenge his daughter.
"Let me think about it." Emperor Cheng Ji frowned and said with difficulty.
"Your Majesty, are you sure that Miss Xu Zhao is really your biological daughter with Empress Zhaozhen?" Xia Dan said suddenly.
Hearing that he suddenly mentioned Xu Zhao for no reason, Emperor Chengji raised his head and stared at Xia Dan: "Ah Zhao's identity is not something you can question!" ”
"Your Majesty, the minister lost his words." Although Xia Dian was very suspicious of Xu Zhao, who suddenly appeared and died soon, he also knew that Emperor Chengji attached great importance to Xu Zhao, and now there was no evidence that Xu Zhao might be related to Yong'an Secret Guard, and he didn't dare to anger Emperor Chengji because of this.
After seeing Xia Dan retreat, Emperor Cheng Ji still felt irritable for no reason.
Originally, he was about to forget about Yong'an's swordsmanship, but now Xia Dan reminded him of those old things again.
That should have been more than 20 years ago, and it was also something that had been making him sit on the edge of his mind for the past 20 years.
It is well known that the old Ningyuan Marquis Xie Huai was killed in the Fu Thief Rebellion, but in fact, the murder of the old Ning Yuanhou is still a mystery.
Twenty years ago, Xie Jia returned to Ningjiang after marrying Princess Yixing, but before half a year of the royal capital, news of the Fu thief rebellion came. At that time, Uncle Shen, the most loyal man beside the old Ning Yuanhou, returned to Ningjiang with his last breath to report that the old Ning Yuanhou was assassinated and died, and the assassin used the swordsmanship of the Yong'an secret guard; Everyone around Old Ning Yuanhou was killed by the assassins, and Uncle Shen also died of anger after reporting the letter.
Mrs. Xie Yan heard that her husband was killed by Yong'an's secret guards, and she fainted immediately.
Once he thought that it was indeed Yong'an Secret Guard who killed Lao Ning Yuanhou, but after a few years, he found out that when Lao Ning Yuanhou was killed, the four masters and their personal disciples were all on a mission outside, and it was impossible to go thousands of miles to Beijing to kill Lao Ning Yuanhou.
Up to now, the murder of the old Ning Yuanhou has long become the biggest suspicion in Emperor Chengji's heart.
And now Xia Xin, who was also killed by Yong'an swordsmanship, reminded Emperor Cheng Ji of those past events.
In fact, until the death of the old queen mother six years ago, she didn't want to believe that it was Yong'an secret guard who killed the old Ning Yuanhou; As we all know, the Yong'an secret guard only obeys the Yong'an Order, not to mention the assassination of important ministers of the court.
Since then, it has been a secret forever.