Overnight, many people died, and the news was like the first frost that fell in early autumn, which suddenly made those yīn plotters and followers who were originally in a state of interest wilt the gods.

After the death dispute between Wenchen in the Taiji Palace, the successive dark night deaths finally made these people understand that the dispute involving the society has never ended gently, not to mention that Lord Xiao Fan has an edict in his hand and steps on the black water of the Supervision Yuan - if such a person is not caught for a day, no one can think about his glory and wealth.

The queen mother and the crown prince in the palace understood that this was the attitude that Fan Xian, who was hidden in the dark, expressed to them, and the queen mother and the prince were naturally extremely angry about this attitude. Because this attitude is equivalent to Fan Xian standing in front of them, ** naked said: I have the ability to kill anyone I want to kill, I am threatening you.

This is an extremely rogue terrorist practice, coercing the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince not to move for the time being, not to move the Fan family, not to move the dozens of ministers in the prison, otherwise if they really move, who can kill whom?

From a certain point of view, Fan Xian's method of intensifying the contradiction is very likely to be a stupid choice. Because how could the people in the palace be threatened by a minister? If the queen mother really played tricks and defeated both sides, and led troops into Beijing, what could Fan Xian do? The Supervision Yuan could only exert its magic power in the dark, and once it encountered a truly powerful army, it still had to retreat.

But the magic is that for some reason, the Queen Mother and the Prince temporarily chose to remain silent and did not carry out the strongest counterattack.

............ Immediately following the two rì, the forces of the eldest princess's side gathered, still in the streets and alleys of Kyoto, trying to capture Fan Xian's traces, such a powerful action, but in the end, it only destroyed a few dark chuns of the Supervision Yuan, killed seven swordsmen in six places, but still did not catch Fan Xian.

Some of the garrison divisions in Kyoto Prefecture and the city surrounded the Yan Mansion in the first time, but after entering the Mansion, they only caught some of the subordinates in the Yan Mansion, not Yan Ruohai, and even the shadow of Miss Shen was not seen, let alone the Xiao Yan who helped Fan Xian secretly contact the old department of the Supervision Yuan in Kyoto.

The army has not yet entered Beijing, and the forces on that side can only surround and monitor the square building next to Tianhe Avenue from afar, but they dare not and have no ability to enter the headquarters of the Supervision Yuan. They just made sure that Fan Xian and Yan Bingyun had no way to enter the Supervision Yuan.

The encirclement and surveillance of King Jing's Mansion have also been intensified, but no one dares to lead troops into the mansion, because everyone is afraid of Fan Xian's eyes lurking in the night.

In just one night, most of the secret agents of the Supervision Yuan received a secret order from Shangfeng, no longer returned to the Yamen office, and disappeared into the sea of people in Kyoto, hiding their strength, maintaining their own safety, and returning to the darkness they were most accustomed to.

A total of more than 600 people disappeared in this way, and the disappearance of these officials of the Supervision Yuan was the most direct threat to the nobles in the palace.

............ The rumored crown prince's enthronement ceremony suddenly did not have any follow-up news. Although the palace kept close care of the news, more than 40 ministers were arrested and imprisoned, how could such a shocking thing be concealed all the time.

Gradually, the people of Kyoto began to find out the truth of the matter and knew that there was a big mess in the palace. The people did not have the strength to change history, and at least for the time being, they did not have the courage to face this qiē calmly, shut down their merchants, hoarded enough jīng food, hid in their humble houses, got into the bed, folded their hands, and prayed that the Heavenly Temple would solve the matter quickly.

No matter who is the emperor, there must be someone who will be the emperor.

The streets of Kyoto are more solemn and desolate than ever, and even though it is only a curfew, there are not many citizens who dare to go out in broad daylight.

Originally, according to the eldest princess's plan, the crown prince, who should have become the new emperor of Qingguo at this time, has already felt the uneasiness of the people, and now the cause of chaos is only accumulating in Kyoto.

So he had to stabilize the qiē in the shortest possible time, and to stabilize the dìng, he had to find Fan Xian and kill him.

The prince looked at the mountains of music beside him, smiled bitterly, and was speechless for a long time. In just three days, more than 1,700 copies of the recitals presented by the counties and states of Gyeongkook have been accumulated. In the rì, these pieces were taken over by several scholars from the Zhongshu Province under the Menxia, and important matters were decided by His Majesty, and the rest of the small pieces were distributed to the ministries.

However...... Today, the scholars are in prison, the officials of the various ministries are also in chaos, the people of Kyoto are panicked, the government is gradually becoming unsuccessful, and the government affairs have been in chaos.

Taking down the top few letters of the hill, the prince glanced at it twice, and his pupils gradually became confused. The latest of these letters was sent by the governor of the other six roads, in addition to Dongshan Road, after learning the news of His Majesty's assassination.

Although these governors spoke respectfully, the meaning of the sword hidden between the lines was very obvious.

The crown prince sighed, thinking a little helplessly, when did the ministers of Qingguo become so backbone? He suddenly thought of the dozens of ministers in the prison, led by Hu Shu, two scholars, who had stayed in the prison for two days and three nights, and none of them had relented!

The palace can't wait any longer, so the punishment has been used since yesterday, but the bones of those ministers have still not been polished, and I even heard that from noon today, Scholar Shu began to take the lead in a hunger strike!

The crown prince rubbed his temples, he had a great headache, did he really want to kill all these ministers according to his aunt's wishes? But...... What should I do if I kill them all? Who will deal with the affairs of the court, do you want this palace to be a real loner?

At this moment, Gonggong Hou suddenly did not ask for communication, and walked into the imperial study with a panicked face. The prince raised his head and glanced at him, squinting slightly, he knew that Gonggong Hou was his aunt's cronies, and he was a person who had believed.

Gonggong Hou leaned into his ear and said a few words, his face was a little pale.

The prince was suddenly startled, slapped his palm on the bookcase, and the shocking pieces fell to the ground, gritted his teeth and said: "The third child was assassinated!

Gonggong Hou's body was shocked, and he quickly lowered his body and mourned: "It has nothing to do with the small one, and it has nothing to do with the small one." ”

"It's irrelevant!" the crown prince stared at his eyes, "Now that you are in charge of this palace, how could there be an assassin running to the Chen Corridor without you reaching out?"

"It's really not about the minions. Father-in-law Hou hurriedly begged for mercy and said in a low voice.

The prince calmed down his anger after a long time, and walked to the harem with a wave of his sleeves, yes, he wanted to be the emperor, he wanted to kill Fan Xian, he knew that the third brother was Fan Xian's student and the biggest enemy of his throne, but he still didn't think about killing the third child, because in his eyes, the third child was still a child.

If something really happened to the third child, who knows what the already chaotic palace and Kyoto would look like? Walking all the way to the harem, the prince thought with a green face, who wanted to kill the third child? Is it the aunt who used the death of the third child to force herself to be more ruthless? Is it the second brother who uses the death of the third child to intensify the contradiction between himself and the world?

But he knew that no matter what way he said it, the third child couldn't die.

The prince prayed secretly in his heart.

――――――――――――――――――Yes, Li Chengping is the third prince, and his death and life have too much impact, so you need to be cautious. However, the officials in Kyoto did not have such good treatment, not to mention those big men who were extremely popular ministers, who were locked up in a prison by the inner court at this time and were tortured, so it is said that some of the officials who still insist on working in the six ministries are also living a very miserable life.

There is no consul minister in the province of Zhongshu, but the officials of the six ministries are still trying to maintain the operation of the kingdom, although the crown prince in the palace has not passed the seal of the seal, but most of the officials acquiesce to the authority of the prince.

Fan Jian, the secretary of the household department, was hiding in the palace of King Jing, and Yan Xingshu, the secretary of the ministry, was busy arranging new officials to enrich the various ministries to lay the foundation for the prince's ascension to the throne, while the other four departments were running the public affairs in a panic.

As for those officials whose positions are unstable or have congenital problems, they have naturally been excluded, and those who have the deepest connection with Fan Xian and his family have been cleanly taken away from their official positions and detained in the house pending trial.

The prison could no longer be lived, and it had been filled with the group of diehards left by Fan Xian's father-in-law. And Fan Shangshu's relationship in the court is relatively secret, and he was not dug up by the eldest princess for a while, and Fan Xian himself does not have much help in the court, so it stands to reason that there should be no big problem.

Even if it is the four sons of Fanmen who are known to the world, Hou Jichang is still in danger, watching the movements of the sailor in Jiaozhou, and Xu Maocai secretly communicates with him, ready to do it at any time. Cheng Jialin was arranged by Fan Xian in Suzhou, and he and Su Wenmao controlled the inner library. Yang Wanli has been building a levee on the eastern side of the south for a year. Shi Yanli should be in the Song Kingdom at this time and continue his journey as the world's greatest turtle prince.

Even if the eldest princess wanted to do something to Fan Xian's four students, she couldn't stretch her hand that far when the current situation in Kyoto was undecided, the crown prince could not ascend the throne, and the attitude of the governor of the six roads was warm and unclear.

But unfortunately, it was early autumn at this time, and it was after the summer flood, and after the water transport governor Yamen finished repairing the embankment, he had to send people back to Beijing to ask for silver. The person who sent back to Beijing to ask for silver this year was none other than Yang Wanli. He was placed by Fan Xian in the Dushui Qing Division, and he did his best to repair the embankment, and he was quite appreciated by the water transportation yamen, and he knew the relationship between him and the Hubu Shangshu, so it was natural to send him back to Beijing.

I thought that it would be very easy for Yang Wanli to return to Beijing and ask for silver from the imperial court, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would be assassinated, and since Yang Wanli's disciple Fan Xian was beaten into an assassin.

So, as soon as Yang Wanli entered the Ministry of Industry, he asked himself to enter.

He has been locked up in a dark room in Jiabian Road for two days, and I don't know how many punishments he has received in the two days, and his body is covered with scars, but people from the criminal department can't pry his mouth open, and there is no way to get a confession about Fan Xian.

Yang Wanli was of course innocent, he didn't believe that his disciple would do such an evil thing that everyone and God were angry about, and he couldn't know where Fan Xian was.

At dusk, the Inner Court sent someone to take him in custody. Although his rank is far from worthy of the prison, the Queen Mother gave him this honor because of his teacher-student relationship with Fan Xian.

Yang Wanli squinted his eyes, supported his waist like an old farmer, and walked out of the black house, intuition that there was no pain in all parts of his body, and the blood scars on his fingers were knotted and broken, and blood began to ooze again.

He was desperate in his heart, knowing that once he was imprisoned, he was afraid that it would be difficult to see Shengtian again.

Two inner court guards escorted him, scolding all the way to the outside, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry who saw him along the road saw this tragic scene, but they didn't dare to look sideways, so they only turned their heads and pretended not to see it.

The officials all know what happened in the Taiji Hall two days ago, so there is no surprise about the iron-blooded treatment in the palace, the prince wants to ascend the throne, and these officials always have to bow their heads and submit to softness, until the last step, the prince is always unwilling to kill all the court officials, but after two more rì, the prince can not wait any longer...... And how?

............ I walked out of the yamen of the Ministry of Works, got into the prisoner car, and walked through a certain street corner, but the prisoner car suddenly stopped. One of the guards frowned and looked out, but his head just protruded from the curtain before his bones fell.

The whole thing fell off!

Looking at the headless corpse that fell in front of him, and looking at the blood gushing out of the cavity, Yang Wanli's face turned pale, his empty stomach was very uncomfortable, and the sour water gushed out, and he was nauseated.

Another guard beside him was startled and called for help, but his voice was muffled by an iron hammer that had pierced through the outside of the car.

The curtain of the car was lifted, revealing Fan Xian's always calm and handsome face, Fan Xian looked at the frightened Yang Wanli and smiled, and asked, "Do you want to come out?"

Yang Wanli burst into tears, looked at the door master and nodded again and again, and said in a trembling voice: "Teacher...... It's too risky to be worth it. ”

Fan Xian was impatient to listen again, so he directly pulled him down, got into the ordinary carriage specially made by the Supervision Yuan, and after a while, he disappeared into the quiet streets and alleys of Kyoto, and came to a hidden contact point.

"Recuperate, I didn't save you on purpose, I just passed ......by" Fan Xian looked at Yang Wanli, who was seriously injured, and sighed and said: "Of course, if you really die, I will probably be sad for a while." ”

Fan Xian is not hypocritical, he is indeed passing by the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and his destination is farther. That's why he came to this secret contact point, looked at Yan Bingyun in front of him, and asked, "It's all confirmed?"

"The eldest princess, the Empress Dowager, the crown prince, and the concubine...... It's all in the palace. Yan Bingyun looked at him and said, "It's all confirmed." As long as the palace is controlled, the big thing will be decided. ”

"Does the Queen Mother really trust the eldest prince so much?" Fan Xian frowned, "If I were her, I would have replaced the eldest prince with someone from the old Qin family a long time ago." ”

"Perhaps the Queen Mother thought that under the joint protection of the eunuchs and guards in the inner court, no one would be able to rescue Ning Cairen. ”

"I can. Fan Xian smiled and said, "I will rescue all my relatives tonight and lock up others." ”

Yan Bingyun smiled, but his smile was a little astringent.

Fan Xian saw the unnaturalness of his expression, frowned and asked, "What's going on in the palace?" Or is something wrong with Lord Yan?"

"Don't worry about my father's side, it is estimated that he is in the Qin family at this time. Yan Bingyun lowered his head and said, "There is something I think I should tell you before you enter the palace." ”

Fan Xian looked at him.

"The third prince has been assassinated. Yan Bingyun raised his head and looked at him, "You didn't give me the channel in the palace, so I can't verify the result of this assassination, but I advise you to think of the worst...... After all, he is just a child, and Yi Guifei has no strength to protect him. ”

"You mean...... Cheng Ping was assassinated?" Fan Xian's eyes narrowed, and he didn't speak for a long time, but his fists gradually clenched, and his knuckles turned white, revealing his true feelings in his heart.

After a moment, he said in a deep voice, "It wasn't the prince who did it. ”

Yan Bingyun glanced at him, a little surprised, and didn't understand why he was so sure that the mastermind of this murder in the palace was not the crown prince.

"I've seen blood. Fan Xian looked up at him, "The original plan to enter the palace tonight does not need to be advanced, and it will be done according to the original plan." ”

"With the help of the Kyoto Prefecture, the Black Cavalry dispersed into Kyoto, gathering a total of 400 people. Yan Bingyun knew Fan Xian's mood at this time, so he didn't misunderstand his extraordinarily indifferent expression, but said calmly: "Since you have decided to give up your efforts on the City Gate Division, then tonight's actions in the palace must be caught in one net, and no one can be missed." ”

"Of the nine city gates, which one can I control?" Fan Xian said with a wry smile: "If you don't have enough troops at hand, you can't fight head-on, you can only take risks." ”

"Of course, I believe that neither the Queen Mother nor the eldest princess would have imagined that I would dare to storm the ......palace," he stood up and said with a smile: "People who are accustomed to the emperor's mental tricks often forget such a thing as courage. A drunk man may not have a clear mind, but he is still very powerful with a kitchen knife. ”

"They all say that my mother-in-law is crazy, and I wonder if my unaesthetic assault will make her angry and scold her mother. ”

"It's not a storm. Yan Bingyun said: "At least the forbidden army won't stop you." But we only have 400 people, and the remaining seven places have to arrange suspicious formations outside the palace...... The palace is so large that we are understaffed, and if we want to ensure that we are all captured, we must know exactly where our targets are. ”

He looked at Fan Xian and said with a little sorrow: "Straight to the middle camp, this is a taboo in the art of war, the meaning of gambling is too heavy, I don't know where your confidence comes from." ”

"In the midst of the enemy camp, there are my men. Fan Xian smiled and said a word, and then touched his smooth cheeks.

Since he knew that the third prince had been assassinated, he had not communicated with Yan Bingyun about this matter, and only calmly arranged the surprise at night. However, in the end, Fan Xian couldn't help but slowly lower his head, a sadness in his chest, and secretly prayed that nothing would happen to Chengping's child.

"You can't die. Fan Xian seemed to be saying to himself, and to the third prince who didn't know life and death: "You want to be the emperor in the future." ”

―――――――――――――――――― let's take a look at a court murder incident that may change history and change many people - the second major event that shocked the palace after the assassination of Emperor Dadongshan of Qingguo.

The target of this murder was the third prince, whose surname was Li Chengping, and his mother was a concubine of Yigui from the Duke of Liuguo, who had studied in Jiangnan for a year with the Duke of Xiangbo. And he is the heir to the throne supported by Fan Xian in this year.

And the main messenger of this murder was not known until much later. Because no matter from which point of view, the third prince is not an important target at this time, although everyone knows that the current teenage boy has a great impact on the prince's inheritance, but this influence is mainly based on Fan Xian's support.

The Three Princes themselves do not have any surprising magic power or powerful power.

So even if the crown prince was worried that his little brother would make trouble, he would only think about killing Fan Xian, and would not do anything to the third prince. The death of the third prince at this time did not do the crown prince any good, except to make the opposition of the court ministers more fierce and make Fan Xian's rebellion more crazy.

What is especially important is that if Fan Xian wears a black cauldron, the matter of Dadongshan may be hidden behind the truth forever, and if Li Chengping dies in the palace, now the owner of the palace, the crown prince...... How to convince history of this little girl?

The crown prince, like his father, is a person who cares a lot about his reputation in history, so he will swing between killing or not killing the minister, so it is impossible for him to instigate his subordinates to murder the third prince, which is also the reason why Fan Xian concluded that the mastermind was not him.

So who wants to kill Li Chengping?

Under the corridor of the palace, the young Li Chengping was full of horror, and he ran wildly, thinking about this question in his heart.

It's a pity that this is not Hanguang Palace, and the queen mother has no way to save his life. He was calling for help, but the corridor was so quiet that no one heard his cry for help. Li Chengping was desperate, thinking that if he stayed in the Hanguang Hall honestly, he would not die at this time, and he should not have been fooled and ran to the Chen Corridor.

But...... The other party said that the teacher had something to explain to himself, and he also showed himself the token, so he was fooled, secretly hiding from his mother, hiding from the eunuchs and palace maids in the Hanguang Palace, and quietly came to the Chen Corridor alone.

Run wild, kid.

However, how can the child outrun the adult, Li Chengping panted and fell to the ground, looking at the two eunuchs who were approaching step by step, his face was pale, and his teeth were clenched hard.

These two eunuchs are not practitioners, but they have obviously received some kind of training, training to kill, and it is too simple to deal with a child who is powerless.

It was so simple that the two eunuchs had already regarded Li Chengping as a dead man, trampled him to the ground with one foot, and reached into their arms with one hand to get the knife.

When the eunuch stabbed at Li Chengping, Li Chengping's mouth was dry, and his right hand touched the dagger in his boot, screamed, and finally ...... Pulled it out and stabbed it!