The Lantern Festival of Yuanqing ten years has passed, and on the nineteenth day of the first month, the third generation of the king of Dalong died, and he was called Emperor Wen, and the temple was called Gaozong.

When the death knell sounded, Jinyangjing suddenly cried.

It was originally covered in silver, and the major markets in Kyoto were connected to the white flags, and the city of Jinyang was even more vast.

King Qing, the fourth son of Emperor Gaozong, ascended the throne, and the enthronement ceremony was scheduled for the eighth day of February.

Emperor Gaozong left his last words before the collapse, and the funeral was simple, only three days of resignation, seven days of mourning for the subjects, and the three-year ban on drinking banquets and marriage was also reduced to March.

Since the night of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, the courtiers have changed their mourning clothes and entered the palace to cry and mourn.

Because of the national funeral and other major events in front of her, the princess of the king of Chu heard the death knell and returned to the city, but was ambushed halfway, and the matter of missing was only known to a few people, and did not attract the attention of most people.

Although Yu Feng was allowed to return to the palace, he could only arrange for the royal soldiers to go to the eastern suburbs to investigate and track, although he was anxious, he had to stay in the palace for seven days.

The new emperor was also particularly concerned about the disappearance of the princess, and specially ordered the Shuntian Mansion to take care of official duties in mourning clothes, and it was bound to find out the whole story of the ambush of the princess.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, Yu Feng reported that Shuntianfu found a body burned by a rocket under a cliff more than ten miles away from the eastern suburbs, so that the flesh and blood were blurred.

According to the confession of the soldiers who escorted the evacuation of the princess that day, the assassins used the rockets, and judging from the remaining clothes on the woman's corpse, this person was most likely the maid next to the princess.

This news made Yu Feng's heart very heavy.

After the seven days of crying and mourning, everyone was allowed to return to the house, and Yu Feng begged the new emperor to allow him to enter the court.

The new emperor was not embarrassed, Wen Yan comforted the prince not to be anxious, the princess and concubine will be safe, and he will be allowed to take a long vacation, and by the way, he also approved another cabinet bachelor Su Yi "temporarily" do not bother with government affairs, and assist the Chu Wangfu to search and rescue the princess Su.

So the people of Su and Chu had time to gather together to discuss.

Both the eldest princess and the Duke of Wei Guo suspected that several princes were trying to seize the throne and planned to kidnap Yijing, and wanted to coerce the Chu Mansion and the Weiguo Mansion to help force the palace, which seemed to explain why the assassins' intentions were not in the old princess, but in Yijing.

If the old princess is captured, he can only threaten the palace of Chu, but although the king of Chu holds the military power, he is also far away in other counties, and the far water does not save the near emergency, and the role is of course not as important as the Wei Guogong who controls the forbidden army.

"It's not that simple, I asked the pro-soldiers, they have blocked the assassins, it was the Xiao Jun brothers who drove to protect Yijing to the eastern suburbs to patrol and evacuate, and when the group of assassins fled, the pro-soldiers chased after them, but they found that there was only an empty car, Xiao Jun brothers and Yijing were nowhere to be found, but there were no traces of a fight at the scene, let alone a corpse." Yu Feng's face was full of solemnity: "What's more, Xiao Jun faked the password and deceived him first, indicating that it was the couple who betrayed the master." ”

The old princess has recounted the events of that day no less than ten times, it was Xiao Junkou who said that Yu Feng had an order, took them back to the city, and heard the death knell ringing, so Yi Jing did not have any suspicions.

The king of Chu couldn't figure it out a lot: "After Xiao Jun and his wife were both in the old part of the palace, their fathers and ancestors had all fought with their fathers on the battlefield, and they were loyal, how could they be bought?" ”

Yu Feng closed his eyes and smiled bitterly: "Father, so far, there is only one possibility, the Xiao and Li families are indeed loyal ministers of Dalong, but the people they are loyal to are not the palace, but the heavenly family." After speaking, Yu Feng looked at Wei Guogong: "These old departments can never be subdued by one person casually, only Gaozu and Chu Wangfu have such a dark person, and the Weiguo Mansion should not be spared." ”

Su Yi's expression was heavy: "But even so, we must tolerate the existence of these dark people." ”

The emperor's supervision of his courtiers is, of course, not allowed the courtiers to refuse.

Yu Feng rubbed his brows: "The Xiao and Li families didn't show it before, and it was also because the Chu Wangfu had never betrayed the Lord's heart, and the Heavenly Family did not order them to do anything harmful...... But this time, why did they kidnap the beautiful scenery? The person who can command them is no ordinary prince. ”

"Feng'er thinks it's King Qing?" Wei Guogong's face was dark, and his tone was full of coldness: "Now I want to call him a saint." ”

Obviously, the relationship between these dark people is important, and only the Son of Heaven can grasp it.

"I'm not sure." Yu Feng's eyes flickered with thought: "Because Gaozong didn't seem to have chosen the emperor's throne before, otherwise he wouldn't have left an edict, and if the Holy Lord knew that Emperor Gaozong belonged to him, there was no need to kidnap Yijing, unless he ......" Yu Feng really didn't want to say the next words.

Unless the purpose of the Son of Heaven is not to threaten the Chu Palace, but to let Yijing die, break the marriage relationship between the Su and Chu families, and divide the two mansions.

It was this conjecture that made him panic knowing that it was unlikely.

"Is that corpse found Xia Ke?" Su Yi asked.

The maids around Yijing that day were only Xia Ke and Qiu Yue, and the figure of the female corpse obviously did not match Qiu Yue, only Xia Ke could be used.

"Unrecognizable." Yu Feng shook his head: "I have asked people to follow the direction where the body was found. ”

As soon as he said this, someone broke into the tea hall, and it was Gray Crossing.

The black-faced guard's face turned pale at this time, and under the anxious gaze of everyone, he fell to his knees and did not speak for a while.

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Forty miles away from Jinyang Beijing, in a suburb, in the dense forest, there is a ruined temple.

The deep night was disturbed by the sound of horses' hooves, and the birds in the woods were frightened.

The leader rode the man's face pale under the moonlight.

He stepped on the saddle and dismounted in front of the ruined temple, and as soon as he took a step, he stumbled.

"Shizi." Gray Du stepped forward to help him steady, and persuaded a little awkwardly: "Let's let Qingtian confirm first." ”

Since the body of Xia Ke was found under the cliff, Yu Feng ordered people to search in this direction, and the soldiers worked hard for several days, and finally inquired late on the night of the 19th, and a hunter witnessed a group of people riding horses into the dense forest, so this ruined temple was discovered.

Ash Du was not present at the time, but he heard the report that the two female bodies inside were the princess and Qiuyue.

Hearing such bad news, Yu Feng immediately came, and Qingtian also cried and begged to follow, but Wei Guogong went back to the Guogong Mansion first, because the eldest princess had a word first, as long as there was any news, she must not be hidden.

The snow in the dense forest had not time to melt, and it was swept by the north wind, and it was so cold that it was suffocating.

Yu Feng wanted to take a step, but his knees were so weak that he had no strength, and he stumbled again.

No, it won't be so, he can't believe it.

But he heard the clear sky, which had already entered first, and let out a terrible cry.

Gray Du gritted his teeth, the green tendons on his forehead were rising, and he looked at Shizi very worriedly.

The corners of Yu Feng's eyes were red, not tears, but more like blood mist.

But he waved his hand and gently pushed the gray crossing away, and the steps were heavy, but he did not stumble.

If the person inside is really you, Yijing, don't be afraid, although it's late, but I'm here, I will never let you be so lonely......

The ruined temple was full of choking dust, and under the reflection of a few wind lanterns, the clear sky held a corpse in his arms and wept bitterly.

Seeing that it was Qiu Yue, Ash Du squeezed his fist fiercely, and looked at Yu Feng with more and more worry.

He saw the prince crouching down against the woman lying on her back on the grass in the corner.

It seems that something has been removed and held in his hand.

But soon Yu Feng stood up, still expressionless, but the blood in the corners of his eyes had dissipated.

"Is there anyone else here besides our people?"

Ash Du was dumbfounded by the calmness of the prince, and it took a while before responding: "Because the subordinates did not confirm whether they were the princesses, they ordered it to be concealed and did not leak it to the Shuntian Mansion. ”

"Good." Shizi coldly spat out two words, pointed his finger at the corner of the wall, and continued: "Take that one...... Disfigured her face so that no one could see it. ”

Ash Du approached two steps, saw the eyebrows of the corpse, and was surprised inexplicably: "Shizi?!" ”

That's the princess, what did the prince tell just now? Disfigured your face! It could be that he was so grief-stricken that he was so distracted that he couldn't do it.

Gray Du looked at Yu Feng in a daze, raised his hand and patted Qingtian's shoulder, and said, "Let Qiuyue go home, Qingtian." It was a sad tone again, and the cold eyebrows seemed to be dyed with a sad mood, not like a faint heart.

Gray Ferry is like a stone carving, and this time he resolutely does not dare to obey orders.

Suddenly, there was another sound of horses' hooves, and the eldest princess and Wei Guogong also rushed to the scene.

Gray Du moved out with stiff steps, and watched the master help the eldest princess with red-eyed eyes to get off the saddle, and heard a sentence-

"Grandmother, don't worry, that person is not Yijing, and besides, I already know who kidnapped her, and Yijing should be safe and sound."

The whole person seems to have been struck by invisible thunder and lightning.

What exactly is Shizi talking about? The person inside is obviously the princess, and there is Qiuyue......

But Ash Du actually saw the eldest princess squatting there and looked at it for a while, and he was also relieved, but asked with a little doubt: "Who is this person, how is it so similar to Jing Yatou, and also, who kidnapped Jing'er, and what is the purpose of getting someone similar to her." ”

However, Wei Guogong was very puzzled after observing for a while, and asked: "Feng'er, are you really sure that this person is not ......?"

"It's similar, but it's not a scene." It was the eldest princess who answered, and she said in a very firm tone: "Jing'er was brought up by me single-handedly, can I recognize it?" Although Jing'er doesn't have any memories on him, I'm pretty sure this person is not Jing'er. ”

"I once saw this woman in Xianghe County." Yu Feng then said: "Later, she became the maid of the Three Princes' Mansion. ”

The eldest princess suddenly realized: "So, it turned out to be San Lang's muddy ball!" ”

"It must be him, the first emperor originally intended to pass the throne to him, so that it was possible to hand over the dark people, and only the third prince could instruct the Xiao Jun brothers, but this matter must not be publicized, and others must not know that Yijing was taken to Xiliang by him." Yu Feng became more and more sure, and looked at Ash Du: "Why are you stunned, destroy the face of this corpse and hand it over to Shuntian Mansion, just say that someone deliberately caused the murder of the princess of the world, so that the appearance of the corpse was ruined, and I want us to identify it only by wearing it and Qiuyue." ”

Only then did the eldest princess come to her senses, looked at Qiu Yue, who was still held in her arms by the clear sky, closed her eyes and sighed: "It's really wronged, poor Qiu Yue...... I really don't know how to explain to Xue Yan, so to speak, the body found earlier is also Xia Ke? ”

Yu Feng thought about it for a while and shook his head: "No, no, otherwise they wouldn't have ruined Zhou Zhang's appearance and thrown it elsewhere, it should have been stopped by Yijing in time...... At least the three princes won't harm Yijing's life. ”

The eldest princess was also a little relieved, but thinking that her granddaughter was taken away by the third prince, maybe she ...... looked at Yu Feng's gaze and hesitated a little: "Feng'er......"

"It's been eight days, I don't think the third prince will pass through Tongling Pass, that's in Chuzhou, he is so cautious, he shouldn't choose this route, maybe from Zhenwang Pass, or maybe it is going around to the subject country at the junction with my Dalong to go to Xiliang......" Yu Feng clenched his fists slightly, no matter which route he came from, he couldn't catch up with him at this time, and for the innocence of the beautiful scene, he had to conceal the heavenly family, otherwise even if he could chase people back, with the new emperor's vigilance against Su and Chu, he would definitely make a fuss about this matter, and use the excuse of the reputation of the clan, forced him to stop his wife and marry another, and if he did not comply, he would immediately "face each other" with the new emperor.

"Grandmother, father-in-law, before the return of the beautiful scene, this matter must be concealed, even the Queen Mother can't tell the truth, according to my guess, the Holy Lord is likely to not know about the secret person, but the Queen Mother may not know...... Xiao Jun and his wife disappeared together with Yijing, which may make the Queen Mother suspicious of the third prince, but the Queen Mother should not find out, so we have to pretend that we didn't find anything. As for why the Queen Mother didn't find out, and how she knew about the secret people of the Heavenly Family, Yu Feng did not elaborate at this time.

He was in no mood to bother with the sidelines now, and the most important thing for him was to save his wife, and this life would never tolerate anyone separating them, whoever that person might be.