Chapter Seventy-Six: The New King Is Assassinated and Enters the Academy

The next day, after the rain, the sky was clear, and the warm sunshine sprinkled on every corner of Qinghua Palace, which made people feel warm.

Emperor Xuan was in a good mood, he followed the advice of Yang Silang, King Jing and others, and decided to hold a ceremony to seal the king tomorrow. Then the three of them chatted for a while, and suddenly a small yellow door came to report, saying that Ji Wen had something important to meet.

Emperor Xuan summoned Ji Wen and asked him what was the matter?

Ji Wen trembled and told Emperor Xuan about Min Tai's abduction. Emperor Xuan was shocked when he heard this: "Who dares to do this? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that serving the imperial Shi Dafu is the most suspicious."

"Dafu...... Why did he rob the prison? ”

"This, according to the minister's guess, he was also sent."

"By whom?"

Ji Wen looked left and right, and said timidly: "The minister doesn't dare to say." ”

"Say, I don't blame you."

"The minister thought that he was instructed by the prince."

Emperor Xuan was shocked when he heard this: "You said it's Heng'er......"

"Yes, Your Majesty;" Ji Wen's words were a little eager, "The prince is good friends with Asinuo's father and son, and this matter is known all over the court; Who else would dare to do that. ”

"You, do you have any proof?" Emperor Xuan asked.

According to the minister's investigation, in the name of opening the Tianshan Poetry Society, Dafu secretly recruited a group of dead soldiers and martial arts masters, and elected the prince as his leader; Before the incident, this group of people had a close relationship with the prince and had many unusual behaviors. ”

Emperor Xuan said "um" and said, "Tianshan Poetry Society, what's going on?" ”

Before Ji Wen could speak, King Jing preemptively said, "Father, this is just an ordinary poetry club. Some literati and scholars in the capital, frustrated talents, often get together to taste poetry papers, because they talk more about the things of the side, so it is called 'Tianshan Poetry Society'. ”

Emperor Xuan took a long breath when he heard this, and asked King Jing: "Why does Lin'er know so much about ......?"

King Jing hesitated and said: "Father, it's really not a secret, yesterday Erchen had a drink and chat with Da Fu and Li Yunhan in Haiming Tower, so I know a little bit about it. ”

"You're with Da Fu......" Emperor Xuan frowned.

"Yes, at that time, Erchen was drinking and talking with the two of them."

"In this way, Dafu has no time to commit crimes." Emperor Xuan said with a sinking face, and looked at Ji Wen again, "What Ji Qing said is inconsistent, how can it be convincing!" ”

"Your Majesty, this ......" Ji Wen shuddered.

"Hmph, the prince is usually cautious; When the Asno case happened, he couldn't avoid suspicion, how dare he rob the prison and set himself on fire! Emperor Xuan said angrily.

Ji Wen was frightened when he heard this, trembling and unable to answer for a while.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Xuan asked Yang Silang what he thought?

Yang Silang said with a straight face that what Ji Wen said was not to be believed; After Asno's death, most of his old subordinates were subordinated to Chu Mohan; He believes that the case may have been committed by the rest of the party.

"The Remnant ......"

"Yes, Your Majesty. At the beginning, the minister had proposed to kill Mintai, but for some reason, Lord Ji wanted to delay it again and again. Now that people have been robbed, Ji Wen wants to blame others in order to shirk his guilt. ”

Emperor Xuan glared at Ji Wen fiercely and asked if he had anything else to say?

Ji Wen saw that his eyes were vicious, and he was forced to be confused for a while, and defended: "Your Majesty, the reason why the minister did not kill Mintai is to find out the remnants of his dead friends; Just because of a moment of negligence, the thieves took advantage of the loophole......"

"Then why are you chasing after the wind and slandering the prince?"

Ji Wen was speechless.

Emperor Xuan glared angrily and said: "If it weren't for your meritorious work in quelling the rebellion, I would have killed you immediately; You are limited to catch Mintai within a month, if there is another mistake, Hugh blames me for being ruthless! ”

Ji Wen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and immediately knelt on the ground and thanked the Holy Grace. After the ceremony, he returned to the house dejectedly, took off his court clothes and was about to rest, when a family member came to report that Chu Qing had been waiting for him for a long time. It turned out that Chu Qing learned that Mintai had been robbed, and he panicked for a while, so he came to discuss with him.

Mr. Chu said he suspected that Mr. Ji's informant had been identified. Ji Wen pondered for a moment, and said that it was difficult to conclude at the moment; He thought that the Hui princess Anar, who had intercepted the pursuers, was very suspicious.

Chu Qing nodded when he heard this, and said that as far as he knew, Anar and Li Yunhan had a very good personal relationship, and they must have planned in advance.

Ji Wen said "um" and asked him what he thought?

Chu Qing proposed to arrest Anar first.

Ji Wen shook his head when he heard this, "No; one is that she is the princess of Hui, and the other is that there is a lack of conclusive evidence; Once things get bigger, it's even harder to end. ”

"And let her go?"

"Childe, don't be in a hurry; At the moment, it is necessary to protect the safety of Ling's father; As for how to solve this case, that's Ji's business. ”

Chu Qing was quite disappointed when he heard this, so he got up and left.

Returning to Fulong Villa, Chu Qing thought hard for a while, but he was still unwilling. He decided to start with Wang Jie, so he called Ni Sui and gave him some instructions, and sent him to see Jia Sheng with a lot of money, asking him to try to get rid of Wang Jie......

The next day, the weather was still fine, and the court held a grand ceremony for Chu Mohan in front of Danfeng Tower.

With the sound of drums and horns, Chu Mohan was dressed in a brand-new royal costume and walked through the steps with a big belly. Chu Qing's brocade and jade belt followed.

Chu Mohan walked past the courtiers, not squinting all the way. When he walked past the prince, he held his head high and didn't even blink his eyelids. The prince didn't seem to care, and his face remained the same.

Chu's father and son arrived in front of the dragon chair and met Emperor Xuan.

Emperor Xuan saw that Chu Qing was dignified and graceful, and immediately Longyan Dayue named him a five-grade official - Tai Fuqing, and gave him a pair of jade Ruyi.

On top of the ceremony, Chu Mohan wore a crown and looked down on his ministers, and he was very proud for a while.

After the ceremony, Emperor Xuan hosted a banquet for his ministers in the imperial garden.

During the banquet, Chu Mohan didn't have much interest in singing and dancing, and took the opportunity to drink and called Chu Qing to whisper for a while.

Finally, by the time the banquet was over, it was already dusk. Chu Mohan left the palace, and under the escort of Suo Owl and others, he went straight to the Jinjuanyuan in a carriage.

Chu Qing took two of his subordinates straight to the Moon Hall to meet Lin Fu.

Lynver had just returned to the mansion. He had been busy all day, and with his age, his body was as tired as if he had fallen apart. He took off his court clothes, sat down to rest for a while, and the housekeeper brought Chu Qing to see him.

Chu Qing ordered someone to present the gift money, frowned tightly and said that his father originally planned to stay in Beijing for a few more days, accompany His Majesty more, and leave after the Spring Festival, but unexpectedly received an urgent report from Yuyang, saying that the Khitan colluded with Silla to invade Liaodong at the end of the year.

Lin Fu sneered: "Since you want to go, you just have to go, so why make any excuses!" ”

Chu Qing's body trembled when he heard this, and said, "My lord, forgive me; To tell the truth, because Mintae fled, his father was worried about his safety. ”

Lin Frigan laughed, "Well, that's pretty much it. ”

Chu Qing said again: "If Your Majesty asks, please ask your Excellency to say a few more kind words for him." ”

"That's what you're here for." Lin Fu nodded, reassuring Chu Qing that he would explain it to His Majesty when the time came.

When Cen Feng arrived at Zhiyuan, she told Li Yunhan that she had been to the Jinju Academy, but the gate was closed and she didn't see Miaojin.

"This, nothing will happen......" Shaoling was a little uneasy when he heard this.

Li Yunhan pondered for a moment and ordered Shaoling to go to see Miaojin; said that Mintai had escaped and that the original plan had been cancelled, telling her to calm down and act carefully.

"Just me?" Du Shaoling pursed his mouth and asked.

"After dark, you go with Wu Qi and Miss Cen." Li Yunhan said.

Du Shaoling listened to it and agreed.

Soon, at dusk, it became dark.

Du Shaoling, Cen Feng and others rushed to the concert hall and hid in a secluded alley outside the courtyard, intending to climb over the wall after dark.

Du Shaoling listened carefully for a while, and said, "It's been so long, why hasn't there been any movement in the courtyard at all?" ”

Cen Feng said: "Brother Du is familiar with the situation in the mansion, do you want to go in?" ”

Seeing that Shaoling was a little hesitant, Wu Qi was busy on the side to cheer him up, saying that he would be fine if he was outside the hospital.

After hearing this, Shaoling reluctantly agreed, and climbed over the courtyard wall with the help of everyone.

Entering the backyard, he tiptoed along the corner of the wall for a while, and just arrived in the front yard, he suddenly heard the sound of Yuan Chong and Jia Ding talking at the gate. It turned out that Yuan Chong was ordered to come and escort Chu Mohan.

Du Shaoling couldn't retreat or not, and hid in the study in a panic.

After a while, Chu Mohan, accompanied by Luo Feng, Yuan Chong, Suo Owl and others, walked into the courtyard.

The group was marching, and suddenly the door of the east wing opened, and a basin of hot water poured out of it, which happened to be poured at Chu Mohan's feet.

Chu Mohan was startled, and when he was about to get angry, he saw Miaojin walking out with a wooden basin and a smile. It turned out that she had just washed her feet, heard the noise of people in the courtyard, speculated that someone was visiting, and deliberately tried it.

Chu Mohan glared and said, "Why did the girl splash water?" ”

"Sorry, watering the flowers." Miao Jin said that he turned around and went back to the house.

Chu Mohan snorted at Luo Feng, who was standing on the side, and without waiting for him to apologize, he rushed away angrily.

At this time, Shao Ling, who was trapped in the study, was very nervous, and heard the footsteps getting closer and closer, so he hurriedly hid under the bed.

Chu Mohan entered the house, took off his waist knife, threw it at the head of the bed, and said, "Okay, I'll sleep here tonight!" With that, he sat down on the big bed and reclined down.

Luo Feng was stunned for a moment, and said: "Dashuai, this house is simple, damp and cold, why don't you add two pots of charcoal fire, and change you to a thick bedding......

"No need;" Chu Mohan stretched, "I have been marching and fighting for many years, and I can sleep soundly wherever I go!" After saying that, he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat, leaving only Bai Dolphin to serve.

The willows on the moon, the night is dark, and from time to time there are bursts of insects chirping from the grass.

Miao Jin stayed in the dormitory for a while, a little restless; She wanted to go out to report the news, but she was afraid that the guards would not let her leave the house. Just thinking about it, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, she opened the door and saw that it was a white dolphin.

Bai Dolphin lied that her father was going to take her to see Chu Mohan and apologize for the splashing of water just now.

Although Miaojin was a little skeptical when she heard this, she heard that her father was also present, so she agreed.

When he arrived at the door of the study, the white dolphin asked Miaojin to go first.

Miaojin didn't see her father after entering the house, but she saw Chu Mohan smiling lewdly at her naked, and immediately understood. She turned to open the door, but it was locked.

Chu Mohan panted and pounced on her, and Miaojin hurriedly dodged. She took a look at the vacancy and said angrily: "If you dare to force me again, don't blame me for being rude!" “

"My little beauty, stop shouting; In the middle of the night, no one came. Chu Mohan said and moved a few steps forward.

"If you dare to mess around again, I will die in front of you!"

"Don't, don't ......" Chu Mohan was stunned, "As long as the girl agrees, I can't make you a princess?" ”

Miao Jin took a sip of him and said, "Don't think about it!" ”

Chu Mohan was a little annoyed when he heard this, and pounced again.

The two chased and fought in the house for a while, and Shaoling, who was hiding under the bed, was very distressed when he heard it, and he had the intention to come out to save Miaojin, but he was afraid of exposing himself......

Yuan Chong looked around the courtyard, and suddenly heard the shouting of Miaojin in the study, and suddenly felt that something was wrong; He wanted to go in and save people, but was stopped by the owl and the white dolphin.

Yuan Chong glanced up at Luo Feng's bedroom, which was still lit by candlelight, and couldn't help but stomp his feet hatefully.

In the study, Chu Mohan was still entangled with Miaojin.

Miao Jin said: "Don't forget, Master Chu has a marriage certificate." ”

"Hmph, what kind of marriage book is not a marriage book," Chu Mohan gasped, "If you don't pass the door, you can't count him." ”

Miaojin casually grabbed the inkstone on the table and threw it over, and Chu Mohan dodged it.

"Lao Tzu hasn't eaten fishy for more than ten days, and it's time to try it tonight." Chu Mohan pounced again as he spoke, hugging Miaojin.

The two scuffled and knocked over the lampstand, leaving the room pitch black.

Du Shaoling poked his head out from under the bed, touched the inkstone, and smashed it down hard according to Chu Mohan's toes. Chu Mohan screamed in pain and let go of his hand.

At this time, Luo Feng took a nap at the desk for a while, and woke up violently by the cold wind. He closed the page, rubbed his eyes for a moment, and planned to go out of the house to make another round.

Luo Feng walked out of the dormitory, and suddenly heard someone banging on the study door; After listening carefully, mixed with his daughter's cries for help, Deng Shi felt bad and rushed to the door, shouting, "Quick, open the door." ”

Yuan Chong couldn't hold it anymore, and kicked open the door despite the obstruction of the owl.

As soon as the door opened, the Miaojin Shawl rushed out of the room.

Yuan Chong lit the candle, and looked at it by the dim candlelight, only to see Chu Mohan sitting on the ground like a ball of soft mud, covering his feet and moaning constantly: "Pain, pain......"

Yuan Chong exclaimed: "Dashuai, you are ......"

"Damn, this ghost girl, it's really ruthless!" Chu Mohan glared at him fiercely, "Quick, help me get into bed......"

Hearing this, the crowd hurriedly carried him to the bed.

After a while, Chu Mohan relieved the pain, waved his hand and motioned for everyone to come out of the house, leaving Luo Feng alone. With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said gently: "I will return to Yuyang tomorrow, and the affairs of the capital will all depend on you." ”

"Yes, Marshal." Luo Feng said timidly.

"It is imperative that you not only maintain a good relationship with the officials of all parties in the imperial court and raise food and salaries for the three towns, but also pay close attention to Yang Silang's every move." After a pause, Chu Mohan said again, there is one more thing, he really can't rest assured......

Luo Feng asked, what's the matter?

"Lao Luo, it is said that Qing'er has issued a marriage certificate, and Lingnu is also a member of my Chu family, I want to take her back to Yuyang to marry Qing'er."

"Don't be handsome." Luo Feng panicked in his heart, "The little woman is fierce, and she needs to be persuaded to succeed." ”

"Hmph, don't play any tricks!" Chu Mohan grimaced, "Then give you a month, and whether she agrees or not, you have to bring her back to Yuyang." ”

"This ......"

"Fuck, what are you talking about, this matter is settled!" Chu Mohan said and waved his hand to signal Luo Feng to leave.

In the study, the candle shadow is flickering.

Chu Mohan reclined on the bed and fell asleep. The white dolphin leaned back on the chair beside the bed, heard the snoring, and then took a nap.

Du Shaoling crawled under the bed for a long time, feeling very uncomfortable. He wanted to get out slowly, but was blocked by the legs and feet of the white dolphin; Shao Ling gently scratched the soles of the white dolphin's feet, and after a while, he moved away a little.

Shaoling quietly got out from under the bed, took out a sharp blade, and just walked two or three steps, when he suddenly heard Chu Mohan laughing loudly: "Stinky boy, if you dare to fight again, I won't peel you alive!" ”

Du Shaoling was suddenly startled when he heard this, and the short knife almost fell to the ground.

The white dolphin half-opened her eyes and sighed: "Dashuai, you are talking in your dreams again; It's all the princes, and you still use the slaves to be angry......"

Du Shaoling saw Chu Mohan's snoring like thunder, and he held the blade in his hand and trembled; Thinking of Fang Cai Miaojin's humiliation, he couldn't help but be indignant, and he quietly stepped forward......

Miao Jin was ashamed and angry after being humiliated. The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, so she left the dormitory and went to the kennel and quietly released a pack of dogs.

In an instant, seven or eight dogs were biting and barking in the yard.

Miao Jin hid in the dark and observed the movement, and scolded: "Hmph, I'll let you sleep, and I'll kill you, the old king......"

Yuan Chong rushed to hear the sound and asked her why she let the dog bark in the middle of the night?

Miao Jin said that the dog was hungry, so he ran out to find food.

"Don't make a fuss, don't close them up yet!" Yuan Chong scolded.

"What's the hurry, the dog will naturally return to the nest when it is full." Miaojin whispered to the dog to return to the house, and deliberately talked to him, "Thanks to you for tonight's incident, I'll invite you in Haiming Tower when I go back." ”

"No need." Yuan Chong said that he wanted to leave, and when he looked up, he met Chu Qing.

It turned out that after Chu Qing came out of the Moon Hall, he still couldn't lose his father, so he hurried to the Jinju Academy. When he heard that his father had slept peacefully, the stone in his heart fell to the ground. He turned around and asked why Miaojin hadn't gone to bed yet.

Miao Jin was disgusted, but she didn't want to make him suspicious, so she smiled: "Don't you see that I'm busy?" A new group of people arrived, and the dog was frightened and did not dare to return to the nest. ”

Chu Qing didn't seem to understand when he heard this, and nodded.

Inside the study.

Du Shaoling realized that Chu Mohan was talking in his sleep, he eased his mind, held his breath and raised the knife, aiming it at Chu Mohan's chest.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of the door "banging", and Shao Ling trembled violently.

It turned out that the owl was on duty in the courtyard, and when he saw a small dog jumping up, he flew up and kicked it to the door.

The white dolphin heard the sound, opened his sleepy eyes, and saw a masked man standing with a knife under the dim candlelight, and immediately frightened and shouted for help.

The shouting woke Chu Mohan up, and he hurriedly touched the long knife under the pillow.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shaoling blew out the candle in one breath and hid behind the door.

Hearing someone in the house calling for help, the owl rushed straight in, almost colliding with the dolphin.

Shaoling took the opportunity to escape from the study. After walking more than ten steps, he was caught up by the owl. Suo Owl waved his knife and wanted to kill Shaoling, but was stopped by Wu Qi, who came to answer. The two fought each other for three or five rounds with their own knives, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.

Wu Qi saw that Shaoling had run away, so he shook his sword and left.

The owl was anxious to chase after him again, but was stopped by the white dolphin, saying that it was important to protect the handsome.

Du Shaoling ran under the wall, but the wall was high and couldn't be overturned for a while. Wu Qi arrived and lifted him on his shoulders and climbed over the courtyard wall.

The two breathed a sigh of relief, but Yuan Chong chased after him again.

Wu Qi covered Shao Ling to go first, and fought with Yuan Chong for a while, listening to the chasing soldiers in the distance getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but feel a panic in his heart.

Wu Qi fought and exited the alley, and suddenly heard a whistle on the tree, followed by several sharp arrows from the darkness. Seeing this, Yuan Chong hurriedly dodged. It turned out that Yan Ran was ordered by Da Fu to intercept here and saved Wu Qi and others.

When Luo Feng rushed to the entrance of the alley with a group of family members, he saw Yuan Chong standing alone in the vast night. Luo Feng asked him, why didn't he chase it?

Yuan Chong said that the sky was dark, and he was afraid of being ambushed by thieves.

"Well, that's fine;" Luo Feng looked frustrated and sighed, "Alas, the thief has fled, but how can he explain to the marshal?" ”

Yuan Chong didn't answer directly, but handed him a feather arrow and asked him if he knew it?

Luo Feng took the arrow and examined it carefully by the firelight, and exclaimed: "It looks like a crossbow arrow used by the forbidden army......"

"That's right, it's for the forbidden army." Yuan Chong sneered twice, "With this arrow, the adults are better to give an errand to the marshal." ”

Luo Feng immediately understood when he heard this, and smiled at him.

The two returned to the study, and Chu Mohan was drinking tea carelessly. Seeing the two of them enter the house, he hurriedly said: "I've tossed for most of the night, but have you caught the murderer?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, the thief has fled. Except for these arrows, there were no other clues left at the scene. Luo Feng said and handed over the arrow.

"Lost by a thief?" Chu Mohan was stunned and took the arrow, and looked at it carefully, "This arrow is short and thick, and it was fired with a crossbow during foot combat. ”

"Handsome and good eyesight; Look at the arrow again. Luo Feng said eagerly.

"How is it gilded ......" Chu Mohan frowned.

Luo Feng said that the arrows were gilded, and only the Forbidden Army's Divine Arm Battalion was specially equipped with this weapon.

Chu Qing was quite puzzled when he heard it, and said, "Could it be that the murderer is related to the forbidden army?" ”

"That's right; According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people are not allowed to hide strong crossbows privately, let alone this golden crossbow arrow. Luo Feng replied.

"This ...... Whoever did it, it happened in the Concert House; Chu Mohan's face was gloomy, "Lord Luo, what do you say?" ”

"Luo thought that he could report this matter to His Majesty quickly and hand it over to the imperial court for investigation."

"Damn, do you want the whole city to know?" Chu Mohan glared at him fiercely, "You are limited to solving this case within ten days; If it is overdue, I am the only one who asks! ”

Luo Feng was so frightened that his body trembled, and said, "Dashuai, ten days is too short, can you give more leniency......

"You dare to bargain?"

"I don't dare, I just ......" Luo Feng lowered his head.

"Then don't bother, do as you are told!" Chu Mohan waved his hand and motioned for Luo Feng to go away; Then he ordered Chu Qing to return to Yuyang with him early tomorrow morning.

Chu Qing was very reluctant to hear this, and said: "Your Majesty has given the child as an official, once you leave Beijing suddenly, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be suspicious; Moreover, Miss Luo also agreed to the marriage, and the child wanted to accompany her back to Yuyang. ”

"Damn, when it comes to the bones, you will hesitate." Chu Mohan stretched, "Okay, I'll give you another month; If you dare to break your promise, you can blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and being ruthless. ”

Chu Qing hurriedly said yes after hearing this.