Gaozong's funeral, the new emperor ascended the throne, the enthronement ceremony in February was held in the Taihe Hall solemnly and smoothly, although the subjects are still forbidden to marry, drink and feast, although the mourning clothes are removed, the dress should still pay attention to simplicity, can not suddenly be bright and bright and festive, so the market is still a monotonous and obscure, the plain flag is removed, and the Chinese silk lanterns still dare not open the knot and carve the beams and eaves.

However, since the early summer of the ninth year of Yuanqing, the haze that shrouded the sky over Jinyang Beijing like a nightmare has finally faded, although the spring cold is still precipitous, and from time to time there is a north wind with freezing rain, and it is not the time for the spring flowers to bloom.

For Da Long and for the people, the smooth handover of the supreme position of power did not cause more bloodshed, which always makes people breathe a sigh of relief.

Then in March, when the tile gap in front of the steps, those new emeralds quietly sprouted, black branches, and fragrant flowers with buds to be released, the ice in the river was melted by the south wind that was soft day by day, and the water flow gradually soothed and cheerful, this year's spring was silent, and the style gradually came, and those wind and cranes, trembling and frightened were really sealed in time with the fierce winter dust, and they did not go far, and they have been forgotten by most people.

Just the majority.

There is also a part that, of course, will usher in new tensions and schemes.

Before the banquet was held, the wine shops in the market were still depressed, and the brothel was even more lonely, but some nobles had to go to a teahouse to talk and have a small gathering, of course, they were all good friends and trusting each other, and they would not be in front of everyone, most of them were in the lonely private room, and they lowered their voices to discuss the government.

The most secret, but the most extensive topics, most of them start with the new emperor's succession to the throne but without the edict of the first emperor, and the speculation that is very unclear is often stopped at the point, without in-depth analysis, and the opinions in their hearts may not be taken seriously, and if there are any, it is always good to know.

"Presumably, the first emperor was really seriously ill at that time, and it is said that it was also a heart disease caused by coughing and asthma, and the imperial doctors did not dare to conclude that it had reached the limit."

"I guess so."

- What I thought in my heart was that the dynasty began to strike from the old year of Layue, and even after the new year, the eighth prince Liao Wang was sealed, which is really confusing, reasoning, if the first emperor really had a successor in his mind, it should be after he ascended the throne and then divided the hands and feet, thinking that the brother of Engu, why did the first emperor deliberately seal the eighth prince when he was dying, and even the day of the vassal was set, for fear that the new emperor would regret it.

"The enthronement edict has also been recorded, the first emperor before his death, the edict of the saint, earnestly instructed, the decree of the country and the people one by one, the saint knelt in front of the sickbed to listen to the training, sure enough, the first emperor attached importance to the selection of talents in the imperial examination, and soon after the ascendion to the throne, he awarded the first champion Lang Gu to ask the political affairs of Pingzhang, which is from the first rank of the imperial court officials!"

"Gu Pingzhang's talent is indeed admirable, otherwise it would not be his turn to write the edict on the throne."

- What you think in your heart is again, obey the last order of the first emperor? Who really believes it, the two cabinet scholars who often met when the first emperor was seriously ill are not shelved now, Su Yi and Yu Feng, that are the believers of the first emperor...... Soon after Jinshang ascended the throne, Wei Xiang suddenly said that he was sick and resigned, and Jinshang immediately let Chen Zhinian serve as the left minister, and although Gu Yuwen was Wei Xiang's son-in-law, I heard that it was he who took Wei Xiang's handle, so he had to threaten to give way. There are also rumors that Gu Yuwen was expelled from Mingshan Academy by Wei Wangyong in his early years, because he had a grudge against the Wei family, and even with the prince of Chu, he was very dissatisfied with the prince of Chu.

Look at it, Jingwei in the hands of Wei Guogong may not be taken over by someone next.

The above are all things that noble courtiers are concerned about, and for ordinary people, what they are more concerned about and more unscrupulous to talk about is another thing -

"I heard that the princess of the king of Chu was kidnapped on the night of the death of the first emperor and on the way back from outside the city."

"Why haven't you heard of it, it's a pity, when the princess of Weiguo and the prince of Chu got married, it was ten miles of red makeup, how much scenery is there? I have also witnessed this pair of people, after the two got married, they were also harmonious, how noble the identity of the prince is, it is said that there is not even a room, only to the princess and concubine, but it is also in response to the deep love of longevity. ”

"At this time, it's too early to say that the love is not long, doesn't it mean that the princess escaped under the cover of a few loyal and brave soldiers? The maid who fell off the cliff was there to lure the Assassin away. ”

"Also, this time I heard that the kidnapping of the princess was the remnants of the Xiao family of the previous dynasty, because they hated the old prince and the king of Chu for killing them, intending to take revenge on the prince and his wife, usually there was no time to start, so he took advantage of the death of the first emperor, and later didn't deceive the prince into the forest, the result was to use a disfigured corpse to imitate the clothes of the princess, if they really have the princess herself in their hands, why try to deceive."

"But if the princess escapes the enemy, why don't she know her whereabouts?"

"Who knows, a weak woman, who was chased and killed, maybe she fell off the cliff like the maidservant girl, and had an accident, but if she didn't see the body, the son of the world would not give up, didn't she give up the search at this time?"

It is rare that this is the only version of the case of the abduction and disappearance of the princess in the market, and there are no different opinions.

On a bright spring day in March, Yu Feng came out of Rongxi Hall, between the flowers and leaves, his slow steps were not in a hurry, but his eyes were always staring at his feet, and he did not watch the prosperity of the green leaves and new stamen.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, Yu Feng very consciously begged for a "long vacation", until this time, the Son of Heaven even very sympathetic to exempt him from the early dynasty, so that the prince could concentrate on searching for the missing princess.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the first emperor attached importance to the cabinet, and when the new emperor arrived, the cabinet was regarded as a void, which was expected by Yu Feng.

He didn't care.

The old princess was attacked by assassins on the day of the emperor's collapse, and was very frightened, and later heard that Yijing was nowhere to be found, and she was worried every day, and it was easy to cry and mourn for seven days, and finally fell ill, although she gradually got better under the comfort of her children and grandchildren, but she was always worried about Yijing, and every time she saw Yu Feng, she couldn't help but hug her grandson and cry.

For this matter, An Ran also rushed back from Jizhou and stayed in the palace to serve the sick.

However, Enron is not enough to be exquisite, although he serves his relatives wholeheartedly and comforts the old princess a little, it is difficult to completely open his mind.

Yu Feng didn't know how to solve her grandmother's worries.

However, Gu Qiuyue, because she often came to the palace to discuss with Yu Feng recently, heard that the old princess was depressed, and I don't know where to collect those rare and interesting things, and the miscellaneous chats and interesting things in the market, and the return of greetings, can make the old princess show her face slightly.

Yu Feng and Gu Qiuyue became friends, I thought that he knew how to observe the face, although he had the treacherous skills of a businessman, and there was no lack of elegance of a scholar, it was rare that he was not insatiable, but he was a person who knew how to advance and retreat, plus An Ran and Yin Yong became married, and Gu Qiuyue also had a twisted kinship, and the prince gradually believed in this person.

At present, Gu Qiuyue has opened a money village into Xiliang Dajing.

On this day, Yu Feng asked him to discuss again.

Before the hour, Shi Zixin walked to Guan Sui Yuan, took a turn in the plum forest, passed a cross-courtyard arch moon gate, and happened to see the gray ferry and the clear sky drinking together.

Shizi stood for a while, and heard the clear sky and was talking about the month of that year, the first time he saw the autumn moon, it was in the Buddha Temple, counting the old things in the past, the heartless, pretentious little guy in the past has been like a different person, his eyes are hazy, not full of remembrance, Yu Feng listened, and his mood gradually sank down, his steps moved slightly, and finally turned to leave.

The rumors in the market about the abduction and disappearance of the princess are, of course, deliberately spread by him.

In fact, on that day, the body of "Yijing" was found in the temple in the dense forest, and after he immediately decided to let people disfigure his appearance, after careful consideration, he "fabricated" a relatively favorable "fact".

The corpse must be disfigured, in addition to concealing the truth that Yijing was abducted by the third prince, but also to avoid the conclusion that the princess has died.

Because no matter whether Yijing died or was kidnapped by the three princes, the new emperor would not let go of making a fuss about this matter and forced Yu Feng to marry the lintel he wanted.

That Qianpan, but the saint gave it to the three princes back then, if Yu Feng denied that the corpse that day was a beautiful scene, the saint would immediately think of the three princes.

Therefore, the body can only be disfigured.

And there is also the remnants of the Xiao family who want to lure Yu Feng to the dense forest to harm him, using the autumn moon as bait, when Yu Feng rushed there, he saw that there were two corpses at the scene, and suddenly the sound of killing was everywhere, thanks to the fact that the prince had already arranged, so there was no "legend" of being harmed by the remnants of the Xiao family.

Yu Feng and the eldest princess both denied that the disfigured corpse was a beautiful scene, on the grounds that there was a secret identification on the princess, and there was no one on the corpse, which was of course made up, but if there was any identification on the princess, naturally it would not be known in the streets.

Of course, Yijing was taken captive, and it is difficult to guarantee that her reputation will not be criticized by the heavenly family in the future, but at least before she appeared, at this time, life and death were uncertain, and the facts were confusing, if the saint was persecuted, Yu Feng could also find an excuse to deal with the past, he believed that the reason why the third prince used Qianpan as a substitute, and he would not make a big deal about the fact that Yijing was taken away by him.

After the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, the six and seven princes were actually placed under house arrest in disguise, and the Liao King was monitored a lot, and they did not find any clues that they had abducted the princess, it was very simple, if they acted, they would inevitably use this to threaten the Su and Chu mansions, and would not "fake" the scene of the murder of the princess to fight against Yu Feng.

The Son of Heaven also felt that if it weren't for the revenge of the remnants of the previous dynasty, this fact would be difficult to explain.

In his mind, it is not a joke to completely eliminate the fact that the third child who is far away in Xiliang will not die and sneak back to Jinyang to kidnap people, how can a man who intends to be in a position of power really miss a woman and put himself on a dangerous wall, which is absolutely impossible in today's life creed.

At that time, the third child's thoughts on the princess were just a play, in order to win the guilt of his father, if he was really a lover, he should be as good as a jade, and as a result, he gave him a servant girl who was a little similar to the princess, and he was spoiled to the tip of his heart, what kind of love is it.

It's just a little greedy for Su's appearance.

Of course, Yu Feng's fabrication of this reason was questioned by the former Queen Mother, and now she has been upgraded to the Queen Mother.

The root of the doubt lies in that dark line.

However, because the queen mother didn't know the details of what happened that day, she wasn't sure whether Yu Feng had insight into the dark line, and she couldn't ask bluntly, so she only tentatively asked the princess and princess of the palace, and it was difficult to guarantee that she was not held accountable?

Yu Feng's heart was bright, and he replied carefully: "When the emperor died, he thought that his grandmother and Yijing were still in the eastern suburbs, so he immediately asked his relatives to return to Xiao Jun, who knew that he was ambushed halfway...... The wives of the two Xiao Jun brothers were entrusted by the ministers to support Yijing, and their husband and wife escorted Yijing to the eastern suburbs to patrol and evacuate under the cover of the soldiers, but they were ambushed again...... Yi Jing should have escaped under their cover, and the Xiao Jun brothers and his wife were killed on the spot. ”

The incident happened suddenly, the first emperor collapsed, the empress dowager did not associate the capture of Yijing with the three princes at first, and did not have the heart to thoroughly investigate this matter during the funeral, Yu Feng decided that Yijing was going, and the vigorous and resolute arrangements were carefully arranged, and the empress dowager of course could not chase after the corpses of Xiao Jun and others, so she had to give up.

In fact, before the first emperor died, he did transfer the two dark lines to the queen mother - the one of the Weiguo Mansion still has a role, but the Chu Palace, because the token is already in the hands of the three princes, the first emperor is also worried that the three princes will assassinate the father and son of the king of Chu for the interests of Xiliang in the future, so he asked the queen mother to find a suitable time to simply tell the father and son of the king of Chu about this dark line, which can also be used as a trap.

When the Empress Dowager heard that the person was dead, she had no choice but to do it.

Of course, Xiao Jun's father did not get out according to the arrangement of the three princes as he wished, and he was "invited back" by the people sent by Yu Feng one step in advance, telling him the bad news of his son-in-law's loyal sacrifice to protect the lord, and taking him back to Jinyang to "Rong Yang".

As for Yijing's safe return in the future, regarding the experience of being exiled, in order to ensure that his "innocence" is not held accountable by the Heavenly Family, Yu Feng will of course make arrangements, but at this time, he can't take this matter into account for the time being.

He was waiting for Xiliang to send back the news, whether he could determine the safety of Yijing and his whereabouts.

Only by determining this matter and finding out the precautions and secrets of the three princes can the prince plan and arrange to help Yijing get out of trouble safely.

Yu Feng felt that this was an extremely difficult task.

But it must also be done.