Xiao Jiwei sat against the wall and watched her go away.

It wasn't until Wen Xun'er's figure disappeared that he covered his chest violently, revealing a painful look.

Looking down, I saw the bow tied on my wrist, and the snow-white strap was incompatible with the messy cell, like a touch of stars in the dark night, giving the night a glow.

He stretched out his hand and stroked the bow like a treasure, and his cold eyes quietly softened at this moment.

In the following time, Wen Xun'er asked people to stop the gunpowder, stay in the courtyard with peace of mind, follow Xiao Jiwei's orders, and do nothing.

Although Zhang Yuan was anxious, he no longer moved when he received Xiao Jiwei's order, but insisted on finding out the news and obtaining the latest information from the court, so as to prepare for Xiao Jiwei's counterattack in the future.

And the turning point of events was half a month later on the day of the emperor's funeral.

At that time, a group of tribal leaders all rushed to Licheng to see off the emperor, on the day of the funeral, the whole sky was dark, and the snow did not stop, until the coffin was carried into the imperial mausoleum, the mage stood on the altar and chanted, and a group of hundred officials knelt outside the mausoleum, waiting for the funeral to end.

Everything was developing in an orderly manner, so when there was a tremor in the imperial mausoleum, and crows flew up all over the valley to cover the sky, everyone panicked.

"The gift of the national funeral, the crow covers the sun, the big murderer, the big murderer!"

I don't know who shouted, and then the whole crowd panicked.

This kind of bad omen has only been seen in books, and no one has witnessed it with their own eyes, so when someone grabbed the mage who was chanting the sutra and asked if the "crow covering the sun" was a bad omen, the mage pinched the Buddha beads vigorously, lowered his eyes, and looked pity: "Blessings and misfortunes, misfortunes and blessings, Amitabha!" ”

As soon as these words came out, although they did not give a positive answer, they were equivalent to agreeing with the statement of "bad omen". Xiao Sheng got up from the ground, looked at his subordinates, and immediately someone went to the valley to investigate the situation.

"Everyone, don't be impatient!" The queen said to reassure people's hearts, "It's just a coincidence, besides, the legend of the crow covering the sun is nonsense, you are all important ministers above the court, I believe you will not believe that absurd words, this palace will order someone to find out what is going on?" ”

"Queen Mother, although the crow covering the sun is just a legend, but such a sign appeared at the national funeral, this is the sunshine and dust, and the country has no Ming Jun! Could it be that the emperor is hinting at something? ”

"The crow covers the sky and the sun, which is equivalent to blocking the sun, the northern cold has no sun, is it possible, is it really the performance of the country without a clear monarch?"

"It's not just the king of the country!" Someone interjected, "The sun is shrouded in black, which is clearly a hint that the entire Northern Cold has fallen into darkness, and then think of all the variables since the emperor's death, is it possible that the emperor is hinting that someone has been wronged?" ”

"Who is wronged and worthy of the emperor's omen?"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was silent for a moment, and they didn't know who it was, and suddenly asked the voice in everyone's hearts: "Could it be that you mean the prince?" ”

Everyone was shocked in their hearts, and they didn't dare to answer for a while.

"Hugh is talking nonsense, you confusing thing, where is the prince, it is clearly a spy sent by Da Yan! What do you mean by deceiving the crowd here? Could it be that he was in the same league as that spy? The queen angrily reprimanded, "Come on, drag this spy down, and correct the law on the spot!" ”

"The edict of succession is obviously true, but you bought Si Tianmen to refer to the deer as a horse! In my opinion, it is you who are really seeking power and usurping the throne! Don't think that the emperor is dead, you can sit back and relax, you see, a bad omen has fallen from the sky, Beihan is about to fall into a disaster, and sooner or later the mother and son will cause trouble in the world! O Prince! It's the ministers who can't redress your grievances! Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you! Failed to protect the prince! The minister is guilty, and he is willing to apologize with death! ”

"Shut his mouth for me!" The queen was furious.

The guard was about to rush forward to cover the official's mouth, but the official suddenly pulled out the knife on the other party's waist and stabbed him directly in the stomach, only to hear a "plop" sound, and the blood splashed directly on the clothes of the guard on the side, the guard was startled, and hurriedly let go, and the official fell straight to the ground, spitting blood and swallowing gas.

At this moment, someone stepped forward with an edict and faced the civil and military officials: "Your Excellency witnesses, this is Your Majesty's deathbed edict, which is rumored to be located in the prince Xiao Jiwei, not to mention that the king of Gaoyang seeks power and usurps the throne, but also colludes with the Xuanshen Sect, practices evil skills privately, and provokes the relationship between Beihan and Dayan, in an attempt to ......"

Before his words fell, suddenly a sharp weapon came from the side and back, but the person was clearly a practitioner, and he dodged the hidden weapon as soon as he turned around, and at the same time, the person in the other direction was not spared, and was directly hit by the hidden weapon and killed on the spot.

"Someone is going to kill me! Save me! The person holding the edict suddenly panicked, and a pair of eyes eagerly found it in the crowd, "Ask the king of Nanyang to save me!" ”

He rushed to the king of Nanyang, knelt on the ground, and stuffed the edict into his hand: "The slave's words are true, the prince is His Majesty's own flesh and blood, but it was confirmed by the imperial doctor's blood on the same day, and the emperor also passed the double fish bone talisman to the prince, as we all know, how important the double fish bone talisman is, how could the emperor pass my Beihan lifeline to an irrelevant person?" Ask the king of Nanyang to investigate in detail and give the prince justice! ”