Half a month after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bianjing is the autumn rain continuously, the whole Bianjing City is shrouded in a hazy drizzle, the rain is not big, but the slightest melancholy, charming.

When Rong Xian walked out of Xuande Gate, it was already evening, the sky was overcast, and Rong Xian's face was just as gloomy.

The search for Rong Feiyan inside and outside Bianjing City has been going on for five days, but nothing has been found.

Bianjing is at the feet of the Son of Heaven after all, and it is impossible to block and investigate for a long time.

In the past five days, the Kaifeng Mansion has done its best to search and investigate, and even the Imperial City Division has been dispatched, which is enough to give the Rong family face, and it can be regarded as an explanation for the official family.

After today, all the temporary Dao cards inside and outside Bianjing City will be removed, and most of the people in Kaifeng Mansion will also be withdrawn.

Everyone, including the Rong family itself, actually understands that after being missing for so many days, Rong Feiyan is only afraid that he has already been killed, and he is lucky to be able to find the corpse.

But Rong Xian was still unwilling, and if Kaifeng Mansion couldn't find his sister for a day, he wouldn't give up with him for a day.

In fact, Rong Xian knew very well in his heart that Rong Feiyan's disappearance was probably inseparable from King Yong's family.

After all, in front of everyone, he gave Princess Yong and the county lord of Jiacheng so much embarrassment.

And not long after this incident, Rong Feiyan, along with the dozen or so people around her, all disappeared on the road from Yujin Garden to Bianjing City.

Could this be the revenge of King Yong's family?

Rong Xian had a faint guess, but he didn't dare to think deeply about it at all.

That's the official family of the future!

Even if he really did it, what could Rong Xian do? Will Zhao Zhen give up the idea of establishing King Yong as the crown prince for the sake of a daughter of his Rong family?

It's simply impossible.

In the face of such a major national event as the establishment of a plan, a mere human life is really nothing.

Therefore, Rong Xian didn't dare to target King Yong at all, so he could only vent his anger on Kaifeng Mansion, which was ineffective in anti-theft, and kept fighting with the officials of Kaifeng Mansion in the court.

But every time he dreams back at midnight, recalling his little sister's voice and smile before her death, the hatred buried in Rong Xian's heart becomes more and more deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Rong Xian was distraught, and suddenly thought of the mysterious person he visited last night.

Maybe the man was right.

Rong Feiyan's death is like a heart-piercing thorn, lying between the Rong family and King Yong.

Even if he doesn't care about the hatred of his younger sister, he flatters King Yong, with King Yong's temperament, most of them will not take the Rong family seriously, and may even be suspicious and alienate the Rong family in turn.

After King Yong officially ascended the throne, the Rong family did not have Zhao Zhen's support and could not get the favor of the new monarch, what would happen to Rong Xian, Rong Xian didn't dare to think about it.

Perhaps, it is time for me to find another way out.

For the sake of the little sister and for the Rong family......

The autumn rain hit his face, a little cold, Rong Xian walked out of the Xuande Gate with a heavy heart, and the entourage who had been waiting in the square stepped forward to open the oil-paper umbrella for him.

An attendant led the horse and handed the reins to Rong Xian, who was about to turn over and get on the horse, when a familiar figure flashed not far away from the corner of his eye.

When Rong Xian saw the man, he couldn't help but stagnate when he got on the horse, but his face was silent, and he turned around and ordered the entourage behind him to let them go back to the mansion first, and he wanted to walk alone.

After sending away his entourage, Rong Xian hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind and walked quickly in the direction where the previous person disappeared.

About a quarter of an hour later, in an unknown dark alley near the left side of Nanxunmen Street.

Rong Xian stood tall in the middle of the alley, and there was another person standing at the end of the alley.

The man's body and face were hidden in the invisible shadows, like a ghost, and even his speech carried a gloomy wind.

It was the white-faced scribe beside King Yan.

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God bless the ninth year, the ninth day of October.

The commander of the Xiaomeng army commanded Li Yan, and summoned the three battalions under his command to command the envoys in the house, and dispersed until night.

On November 12, the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Xiaoxiong Army fought with forbidden weapons, killing six and seriously wounding 14.

Afterwards, Long Tuge was furious, and the first assistant Han Zhang was anxious to Chongzheng Palace, and after Zhao Zhen's approval, the third and fourth battalions of the Xiaoxiong Army were commanded, and Chang Yuan was temporarily under the command of the Xiaoxiong Army.

On December 18, King Yan went out of Bianjing City and stayed overnight at Qingyunguan outside the city.

That night, Li Yan, the commander of the Xiaomeng army, and Chang Yuan, the commander of the Xiaoxiong army, each took several henchmen and generals to disguise themselves into the view, and met with King Yan for a secret talk, and after more than two hours, the generals quietly left.

After successfully winning over the Rong family as an ally, King Yan felt like he had taken a reassuring pill, and the pace of preparing for the rebellion suddenly accelerated.

Under the calm surface of Bianjing City, there is a depressing atmosphere like black clouds pressing down on the city, which seems to be windless and waveless, but in fact, the dark tide is turbulent and is about to erupt.

Ten years of heavenly blessing, Zhengdan, Zhao Zhenlong's health was not good, and the king of Yong was specially appointed to perform the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

Not long after Zhengdan, Qi Heng and Shen Jun, Gu Tingye and Shen Lingshu got married one after another, and Wei Chen gave them generous gifts.

After getting married, Gu Tingye took his wife back to the door and lived in Yuzhou for a long time, drinking and chatting with old friends such as Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing by the way.

During this period, Zhao Zongquan, the envoy of the Yuzhou regimental training, received a secret edict from Bianjing.

Zhao Zhen first praised Zhao Zongquan's father and son in the edict, and then told Zhao Zongquan that after the new monarch ascended the throne, he would do his best to assist the left.

After Zhao Zongquan received the secret edict, he didn't fall asleep for several days and nights.

Three days later, when Zhao Zongquan was tending to the crops in his own field in Mi County, he was suddenly attacked and killed by assassins, but fortunately, Gu Tingye and Zhao Ceying flew in time to save Zhao Zongquan and catch a live mouth.

After the torture, it was revealed that these assassins were actually sent by King Yan of Bianjing.

Gu Tingye and Zhao Ceying couldn't help but be a little puzzled when they heard this, now that King Yong sacrifices to heaven on behalf of the Son of Heaven and becomes the crown prince, even if King Yan intends to compete for the prince, he should also find ways to deal with King Yong, why assassinate Zhao Zongquan who is far away in Yuzhou in one fell swoop?

Could it be that King Yan has the full certainty of replacing King Yong, so he can devote his efforts to solve Zhao Zongquan's secondary opponent?

But this battle for the throne has developed to this day, King Yong is the crown prince is expected and the trend of the times, while King Yan has a dark future and is almost out.

In this case, if King Yan still wants to turn over, there is only one way, and that is to overturn the entire chessboard!

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Tingye's heart couldn't help but tremble, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

Gu Tingye hurriedly found Zhao Ceying and told Zhao Ceying all his conjectures.

Zhao Ceying was originally an ambitious person, and after listening to Gu Tingye's words, he suddenly thought of the current situation in Bianjing, and couldn't help but want to move.

After returning home, Zhao Ceying kept encouraging Zhao Zongquan to go to Beijing to meet the official family and announce the charges against King Yan to the world.

Seeing that Zhao Zongquan was procrastinating, hesitating, and wanted to go to Zhuangzi outside the city to hide for a few days, Zhao Ceying had no choice but to discuss with Gu Tingye to send someone to pretend to be an assassin and assassinate Zhao Zongquan again.

When the two sides fought, Gu Tingye also deliberately fought with the assassin on an equal footing, and it took a long time to capture him, creating the illusion that the assassin was getting more and more powerful, if Zhao Zongquan did not go to Beijing to completely solve the matter, sooner or later he would be poisoned.

After such a play, it really strengthened Zhao Zongquan's idea of going to Beijing.

When the sky was bright, Gu Tingye settled down and went on the road with Zhao Zongquan and his son pretending to be businessmen, claiming to go to Beijing to file a complaint, but in fact, it was to take advantage of the chaos to speculate.

At the same time, at the court meeting in Bianjing City, Zhao Zhen finally made it clear to the civil and military officials that he wanted to establish King Yong as the crown prince, and ordered the transfer of personnel from various ministries to the Hanlin Academy to prepare for the canonization of the crown prince.

Wei Chen, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Chen Shao, Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen, Liao Shiyu and others are among them.