Lin Yuelan was killed in Damu for a period of time, Tianyan was not peaceful, the people of Yandu complained a lot, they were originally indignant about Emperor Shengde sending Lin Yuelan to Urdamu as a son-in-law, and this Tianyan people admired and loved Tianzhi died unexpectedly, in addition, there was news that Damu and Longshan had recently formed an alliance to deal with Tianyan, and it was a layer of stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and the people's resentment began to boil, and they accused Emperor Shengde of falling for Damu's tricks and burying Lin Shizi's life in vain. Some indignant scholars even went around publishing letters against Emperor Shengde, and some merchants even organized a boycott to protest against the incompetence of the Tianyan court.

Emperor Shengde's side is under a lot of pressure, and he is worried about the anger of the people. His original intention was actually to send Lin Yuelan out of Tianyan, consolidate his supreme throne, and consolidate the relationship with Damu through his marriage with Damu, but he didn't expect Lin Yuelan to be killed because of this, not only that, but the relationship between Damu and Tianyan was evil, Damu threw himself into Longshan, and also formed an alliance with him, and threatened to deal with Tianyan together, and the people of Yandu were also extremely dissatisfied with him, and the reputation he had accumulated for decades was also lost because of this incident, which can be described as a bamboo basket for nothing.

To add insult to injury, some people took the opportunity to spread the news that Lin Yuelan was the widow of the former emperor, and even said that he still had the edict of the former emperor on him. The news claimed that the emperor secretly sent her out of the palace in order to keep Concubine Yao and the child in her belly, and entrusted Beiweihou to take care of her, and later Concubine Yao gave birth to the prince Lin Yuelan, and it was precisely because he learned the identity of Lin Yuelan's first prince's heir that Emperor Shengde wanted to get rid of him, so he sent him to Damu, wanting to get rid of him by Damu's hand, and now Lin Yuelan was killed, which confirmed the authenticity of this news. Hearing this news, the people of Yandu were in an uproar and condemned Emperor Shengde's sinister intentions to give marriage.

Of course, in the face of the people's difficulties and accusations, the Tianyan court also spared no effort to clarify the incident, and also dispatched a lot of guards to try to prevent the people of Yandu from issuing documents and boycotting the market, but the power of the people is huge, coupled with the guidance of people behind the scenes, the public opinion of condemning Emperor Shengde has been rising wave after wave, and has evolved into asking him to take responsibility for Lin Yuelan's death, openly apologize to the deceased and withdraw from the throne to apologize, and also proposed that the three princes who have both ability and political integrity and sympathy for Xia Min are the best candidates for the heir to the Tianyan throne. Emperor Shengde was supposed to pass on the throne to the third prince.

In order to solve his father's worries, Yan Yuchi, the fifth prince, secretly tracked down the people behind the scenes who were doing tricks and feet in the people's anger, and at the same time refuted the rumors that Lin Yuelan was the widow of the former emperor, and stated that Emperor Shengde did not ignore Lin Yuelan's life and death for his own selfish desires, and reprimanded the rumors for being false, he asked Lin Yixuan, the Hou of Beiwei, to clarify this matter, and made public Lin Yuelan's letter requesting to conclude a marriage with Yulin, showing that the reason why Lin Yuelan went to Damu to be a concubine was based on his relationship with Yulin, and the voluntary marriage, not the plan of Emperor Shengde, And this time he encountered an accident in Damu, which was something that the emperor and Tianyan's court did not want to see, and his killing also caused Tianyan to suffer huge losses. Therefore, the fifth prince promised that he would thoroughly investigate the murder of Lin Yuelan, find out the murderer behind the scenes, and give Lin Yuelan and the people of Tianyan justice.

Because of Yan Yuchi's running call, this turmoil finally subsided, but it was only temporary. Because the behind-the-scenes promoters led by the three princes are still operating in secret, preparing to use the hand of public opinion to ascend to the throne of Emperor Tianyan.

The pattern of the Tianyan dynasty has also quietly changed, more than half of the officials in the court fell to the side of the third prince Yan Yujun, although the fifth prince Yan Yuchi has made a lot of contributions in quelling the public anger, but he is also unable to reverse the current pattern of the government, the three princes have become more and more popular as the prince candidate, many officials even wrote to Emperor Shengde to ask the third prince to be the prince, of course, this request was resolutely rejected by Emperor Shengde, and this recommendation was not mentioned.

It is said that Xu Xifeng and Yuge rushed to Yandu all the way, and Yandu at this time still looks as prosperous as in the past, looking at the pavilions like smoke straight to the sky, rows of shops are neatly arranged along the street, all the way to the palace gate, the street is full of traffic, and the people are boiling.

The two got out of the carriage and walked into an inn, and after settling down, it was still early, and Xu Xifeng came out with Yuge. As soon as he reached the street, he was hit by a beggar who grinned at him and ran away without looking back. He didn't think much of it at the time, but then he thought that something was wrong with the beggar, and he seemed to be dragging something in his hand, and when he touched the inside of his clothes, he found that the money bag was missing. I thought I was going to chase it back, but I thought that it was very difficult for these beggars to survive, and that little silver and two bento boxes should be a good deed for him, so he didn't care about it, and walked forward.

Yu Ge, who was following behind, scratched his head in some confusion and muttered, "Childe, that beggar stole your money bag, why don't we chase it back?" With Childe's current skills, it is easy to recover it. ”

Xu Xifeng didn't take the money to heart, he didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked away, Yuge began to mumble again, "Childe, where are we going?" ”

"Go around." Xu Xifeng lightly spit out a few words.

Yu Ge saw that his son-in-law had been walking forward silently, so he stopped making a sound, and followed Xu Xifeng around a few streets, until his feet were a little weak, and he couldn't help complaining, "Childe, my feet are broken, when are we going to go?" ”

Xu Xifeng shushed at him, "Yuge, don't make a noise, listen carefully to what these people say." At this time, the two were standing in a back alley, and not far away, several people dressed as civilians were talking to each other.

Someone shouted, "Did you find that person?" ”

The rest shook their heads, "No...... No. ”

The person who asked frowned, "It's strange, why did these two people disappear out of thin air, they have been looking for nearly two months, and they haven't found any clues, are they no longer in Yandu?" Soon after, he denied himself again, shook his head, and muttered, "No, that person is seriously injured, poisoned by the Returning Thoughts, and there is no antidote, he can't survive, and he should still be in this city." ”

"But how do you find someone? This Yandu is a vast sea of people, and now there is a dangerous Feng Sect and a mysterious blood shadow, they are secretly monitoring our every move, this person is not easy to find. "Some people complained.

"They are injured, so naturally they can't leave the medicine hall, you guys keep my eyes open, don't let go of any suspicious people at the door of the pharmacy." The man ignored them and commanded in warning.

The rest nodded, and then dispersed.

Yuge, who was hiding in the corner, asked out loud, "Childe, who do they seem to be looking for?" ”

Xu Xifeng nodded, "It seems that there is still something to be gained from coming out today, those people should be ghostly people, you see that there is a red ghost head symbol on their wrists, and the person they are looking for is likely to be our ally, we will follow them." ”

Yu Ge's eyesight was clumsy, and he said with admiration: "Childe's eyesight is really good, I saw the sign on someone's wrist all of a sudden, and my Yu Ge's eyes were so wide that I didn't find most of the lanterns," Seeing Xu Xifeng's pale face, he was not infected by his words at all, he closed his mouth and scratched his head, "Eh, next, how are we going to follow those people, they have dispersed into the crowd?" ”

"Don't worry, I've already put jade incense on them, with this." Xu Xifeng had just used the method of teleportation points to put jade incense on those people, and he took out a string of hand beads, "You can find them if you wear it." ”

The preparation method of the jade girl incense and the brewing of this string of hand beads were taught to him by Situ Nanyun, at that time he just thought it was a little funny, but he didn't expect it to come in handy today, which would see things and think about people, and his mood was very low, so he handed it over to Yuge.

They roamed the streets for several hours, and as it grew dark, the streets became scarce, and suddenly became cold, and many shops began to close.

Yu Ge was very surprised when she saw this, "Childe, why did this shop close so early, isn't it better to do business at night?" ”

Xu Xifeng also felt strange, so he asked an old man who was collecting the stall next to him, "Uncle, are you planning to close the stall?" Don't have a night market anymore? ”

The old man sighed, "Childe, you just arrived in Yandu, right?" In the past month, the night in Yandu has not been peaceful, and there has been a big killing between several Jianghu organizations, and there are dead people everywhere, which is very terrifying. Therefore the merchants and the people closed their doors at night and did not come out, so that the innocent would not suffer. ”

"How could the feet of the Son of Heaven, who has always been known for his strict governance, become like this? Didn't the court turn a blind eye? Xu Xifeng asked.

"Don't talk about the imperial court, the performance of the imperial court in the past few months has been too bad, the wise and martial Lin Shizi was forced by them to go to Damu to be his son-in-law, but he was killed by the Damu people, as soon as Lin Shizi died, the Damu people were ready to raise troops to invade Tianyan, our Tianyan Emperor was confused, the imperial court was preparing to fight back, how could he have the energy to manage the security problems in the Yandu City." The old man said angrily, and after a while, his tone calmed down a little, "However, the people who killed at night have nothing to do with us ordinary people, it is said that the people who died were all from the rivers and lakes. This son, you hurry up and find an inn to live in, and don't go out at night. ”

Xu Xifeng thanked the old man and continued to walk towards it, the red light on the beads on the jade singer became brighter and brighter, Xu Xifeng hooked his lips, knowing that the target was nearby.

"There was blood on the ground, someone should have been injured." Xu Xifeng said softly.

Yuge, who was following him, didn't feel nervous, pulled Xu Xifeng's sleeve, and muttered, "Childe, is the killing ring that the old man said has begun?" ”

Xu Xifeng covered Yuge's mouth, "Don't speak, we'll observe in the dark." ”

The two walked forward along the bloodstains, in front of them was a dead alley, in the corner, more than a dozen black-clothed people were attacking a beggar, the beggar had multiple wounds on his body, and the blood stained his clothes, but he was desperately protecting the medicine bag in his hand.

Xu Xifeng raised his eyes and felt that the beggar's back was a little familiar.