Taiwei Mansion.

At this time, the Taiwei Mansion was gloomy and bleak, full of plainness, the door, the aisle, the hall, the attic and other places were hung with mourning Bai Lian, and the people who came in and out were tied with white cloth belts and rushed to mourn.

The news of Shi Tao's death has spread throughout Yecheng, although Shi Tao, who is the Duke of Qin and the Taiwei, has no popularity, but he was in a high position and power during his lifetime, and he is the beloved son of Shi Hu, the king of Great Zhao.

On this day, Shi Min will naturally not be absent.

The next day, after receiving the obituary from the Taiwei's Mansion, Shi Min dressed in a white silk jacket and stepped into the mourning hall, where he mourned for a while, and then walked aside to accept the thanks of Shi Tao's wife and children.

It is worth mentioning that Shi Min also got a gift that he hated - a piece of clothing.

In fact, there are rules for these things, and these are the rules of funerals.

The family members of the deceased should weep in the room, bow down to the people who come to pay their respects, thank you and greet them as gifts. The mourners should carry the clothes and quilts of the deceased, which are called Zhizuo.

It was the first time Shi Min had come to mourn others, so he was very curious, and glanced around for a while.

I saw that in the west step in front of the hall with a bamboo pole to provoke Mingjing, on the book "Qin Gongshi Tao Zhitao's coffin". Ming Jing was made of slender silk strips, and the length and length of the deceased had different grades depending on the identity of the deceased, and Shi Tao was a noble person during his lifetime, so he was nine feet long.

And in the middle of the mourning hall, Shi Tao's coffin has been placed there, on the table on it, the incense is flourishing, and there is a tablet placed there, no matter how noble Shi Tao's identity is during his lifetime, his funeral is nothing more than that.

At this time, Li Nong saw Shi Min's face, saluted, expressed silent condolences to Shi Tao's spiritual position, and accepted Shi Tao's concubine's reply, he slowly walked to Shi Min's side, and stood next to Shi Min with his head bowed.

"Lord Weiwei, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you always been good?"

"Naturally, it's much better than General Li." Shi Min was inconvenient to laugh, and it was inconvenient to greet him too much at this time, so he said lightly, "The general has just returned from Lingzhi, and he has been working hard all the way. Compared to the general, I am still an idle casual person. ”

Li Nong glanced around again, and seeing that no one here noticed them, he said in a low voice, "Lord Weiwei, do you know who killed Duke Qin?" ”

But I don't know who did it. However, as far as I know, after the assassination of Qin Gong that night, the murderer fled and was never heard from. Why, does General Li know who the murderer is? ”

"It's true. I have heard a lot of gossip in the market today, and many of the people in Shengdou have talked about the death of the Duke of Qin, but it is the word of the public, and the spearhead is directly aimed at the prince......"

"Oh, so you think that even the general, the one who instructed the assassins to kill the Duke of Qin was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

When Li Nong heard this, he hurriedly denied it: "I don't dare to talk nonsense about this. It's just that now because of the assassination of Duke Qin, the whole Yecheng is in an uproar, and it is said that the king fainted after hearing the news. ”

"Rumors stop at the wise. General Li Nong, please be cautious in your words and deeds. ”

"I should know this below. But Lord Weiwei, as the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. Many things are rumors, but they are not just groundless. ”

Li Nong muttered: "If this matter is really done by the prince, I'm afraid that things won't be simple." ”

When Shi Min heard this, he just squinted his eyes and didn't speak.

Li Nong glanced at the nearby ministers who came to mourn, and saw that these people had different expressions, but their words and deeds seemed to be similar to them, they were all looking at their noses, noses, mouths, and mouths, and whispering in groups there.

Thinking about it, these civil and military officials all smelled an unusual smell from it.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Shi Tao's cronies before his death, Prince Shi Xuan's henchmen have already arrived, but all those who have some fame in the government and the opposition, whether they have official status, whether they have received an obituary or not, in order to appease the magnates here, they will more or less attend Shi Tao's funeral.

Li Nong then said: "Lord Weiwei, you see, there are many people here who have ghosts in their hearts. ”

At this moment, a hearty shout suddenly sounded outside the door.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived—"

This shout attracted the attention of everyone present. The people in the field, both high and low, all looked at the entrance of the main hall without exception.

I saw a team of brightly clad Donggong guards, holding halberds, rushing in violently, rushing in, guarding both sides respectively, and erecting the prince's regimental dragon flag here, just covering the Ming Jing of Shi Tao hanging in the West Hall.

It looks like these guys aren't here to mourn, they're here to find trouble!

Not to mention, the crown prince Shi Xuan also strode in under the support of a group of subordinates and the guards of the East Palace.

Shi Xuan did not come to mourn the consciousness, well-dressed, and did not wear a vegetarian on his head like the person who came to mourn, but wore a relatively bright red robe, wearing a long crown, and his spirit was flying, and he didn't seem to have any sadness for Shi Tao, the dead brother.

The crown prince is the prince of a country, in terms of the dignity of his status, the prominence of his status, and the strength of his power is second only to the emperor, so no one present dares or has the ability to stop Shi Xuan's actions.

Even Shi Tao's wives and children, who are dressed in linen and filial piety, can only look at Shi Xuan with such an appearance, and dare not speak angrily.

Shi Xuan glanced at the entire mourning hall, as if he was looking for someone, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Hehe, it seems that it is too late to be alone." Why, hasn't my father come to the funeral yet? ”

Shi Tao's concubine Guo Shi stood up and cried and said: "Back to the prince, my father is said to have been in a coma because of the death of his concubine and husband, and I don't know if I have woken up so far." ”

"Oh, I see."

Shi Xuan pretended to nod and said, "Brother and sister, don't be sad. This life and death have a fate, wealth is in the sky, Shi Tao is blessed, he voted for a good family, born in the emperor's family, this is a blessing that he has cultivated for several lifetimes, but he Shi Tao's life is thin! Life is thinner than paper! ”

"But his life is worth it, being a lieutenant, being a prince, and having unlimited scenery."

Is this a word of comfort, or a word of mockery?

Clear-eyed people can already see that the mastermind behind the killing of Shi Tao is Shi Xuan!

Seeing Shi Xuan's domineering and unscrupulous appearance, Shi Min couldn't help but shake his head secretly, it was really a lack of vertical and conspiracy!

A guy like Shi Xuan, not to mention that the mud can't support the wall, is assisted by Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, I'm afraid it will be difficult to save his Shi Xuan's life, let alone achieve any imperial hegemony!

Before the East Window incident happened, he ran out to "show off his might", as if he was afraid that others would not know that Shi Tao was killed by him.

Shi Min said that he had seen stupid people, but he had never seen such stupid people.

Shi Xuan thought that no one could restrain him? Do you think he's already in control of the victory and is about to reign over the world?! Even this little bit of heart, this bit of city government doesn't have it, what kind of system is it?

Around this, the people present still dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Guo Shi could only swallow Shi Xuan's sarcastic words, wiped his tears and said, "The prince has mercy." My husband's untimely death is indeed not deep enough to be as good as His Highness's chances. ”

"Haha, you are still a brother and sister, you are self-aware. Lone believes that if Shi Tao could have such self-knowledge as his younger brother and sister before his death, he would not have died tragically in Dongmingguan! Tut-tut, Lone heard that Shi Tao's death was extremely miserable, not only his limbs were cut off, his eyes were stabbed, but he was also disemboweled by the assassins, right? ”

Shi Xuan's words were not without provocation and mockery: "I really don't know what enemy Shi Tao has offended, and he has been so vicious!" ”

When Guo Shi heard this, his shoulders couldn't help but shake, and he couldn't help it, and instead of crying, he choked.

Shi Xuan said unscrupulously in front of everyone: "Brother and sister, I see that you are also a young and beautiful woman. Shi Tao is blessed, leaving you orphans and widows, no one to take care of, presumably it will be difficult in the future, in my opinion, it is better to take care of your orphans and widows by Shi Tao in the future! Haha, presumably Shi Tao's spirit in the sky must be happy to hear about this! ”

As soon as Guo Shi heard this, he couldn't help but stumble and almost fell to the ground.

This is really too much, and it is too deceitful!

Like Yangong Shi Bin's irritable temperament, he is not used to seeing this kind of thing, and he is not happy to see Shi Xuan on weekdays, so he stood up and said angrily as soon as possible: "Shi Xuan! Thou shalt be presumptuous here! Do you really know what you do? You not only killed your own brother of the same mother, but also took over your own brother and sister, do you still have any courtesy, righteousness and shame?! ”

"Yo, who is Lone Dang, isn't this Yan Gong, who was whipped by his father just a few days ago?" Shi Xuan smiled mockingly again.