The winter snow does not stop, the temperature continues to drop, and the vast land seems to be frozen in ice.

At noon, as soon as the defense of Zhongjing City changed guards, a rush of horses' hooves galloped by.

The weather was so cold that there were hardly any people on the long street, and the heralds crossed Tonghuo Street and headed for the inner city.

"Report ......"

"Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother drove back to Beijing ......"

"King Yonghuai's class teacher returned to the ......"

Li Zongxun was in the official office, discussing with several officials.

They were all dressed in filial piety clothes and had solemn faces.

Li Zongxun sat in the first place, he was not tall, but his figure was strong, although he was over half a hundred years old, his hair was not white, his eyes were bright, and he looked very tough. The most prominent thing is the thick beard on that face, which makes him fierce, obviously a civil official, but his appearance is comparable to that of a military general.

The little emperor died, and the top priority was to elect a new emperor.

It is the voice of every courtier to entangle the party henchmen, put their true people on the throne, and seek the greatest interests for themselves......

Everyone saluted each other, greeted each other, and went straight to the topic after a moment of politeness.

"There are many people in the court, and it is inconvenient to talk about it. In front of him, he was full of his own people, and the servants did not shy away from it. Dare to ask the prime minister, which prince do you like? ”

Li Zongxun looked at the man, "Liu Gong thinks, who is worthy of the big responsibility?" ”

Liu Ziyu, who was named, is a fourth-grade leader who has a history of assassination, has a brave face, and speaks straight.

He said: "There are no heirs today, so you can only choose among the heirs of the previous emperor...... The servant thought that this person was none other than the King of Qin. ”

Qin Wang Yuan Shangyi, who was only six years old after the New Year, has been plagued by diseases since he was a child, and his body is weak......

Everyone was silent, and they all looked at Li Zongxun's face.

After a while, I heard him say: "What is the king of Runan? ”

Everyone was slightly surprised.

Runan Wang Yuanyong, is the half-brother of the first emperor Xifeng, the biological mother was originally just a maid, fortunately named Ronghua, not liked by Emperor Gaozu, among the many princes, he is the youngest, and the most unappreciated, so the most good life, in the Xifeng Emperor ascended the throne, the royal family and clan in turn in the bloodbath, Gou survived......

Liu Ziyu heard the subtle hint in Li Zongxun's words, frowned and asked:

"How old is King Runan this year?"

Li Zongxun said: "If it weren't for the sudden death today, the king of Runan would have held a crown ceremony in a few days......"

Liu Ziyu looked at him and said, "Could it be older?" ”

Everyone followed him and nodded.

Compared with the twenty-year-old Yuan Yong, or the five-year-old Yuan Shangyi, it is better to handle, an emperor who is old enough to act arbitrarily, how can there be a little emperor who is sick and takes care of himself?

They believe that Li Zongxun also understands this truth.

Therefore, Liu Ziyu did not hesitate to say the name of King Qin.

Unexpectedly, Li Zongxun snorted and said:

"King Qin can't use it."

Everyone was surprised, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Zongxun looked at them and said meaningfully: "Do you know that a few days before his death, King Qin suddenly went to the White Horse Temple?" ”

Everyone nodded, "Yes." ”

Liu Zi said: "I heard that on the day when the King of Qin went, the White Horse Temple suddenly appeared auspicious, and a stone unicorn was born on the top of the head of Maitreya, and the unicorn contained jade in its mouth, and the word Tongtian was on the jade. The abbot thinks that this jade is spiritual, and it is auspicious from the sky......"

At this, he suddenly stopped, and a dark light of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"The prime minister thinks that Xiangrui is fake, and someone took the opportunity to build momentum for King Qin's ascension to the throne?"

Before Li Zongxun could answer, he shook his head again.

"Not true. King Qin has been sick since childhood, some monks said that they were deprived of a soul and a soul by evil spirits, and they need to practice in the temple, and since then they have gone to the White Horse Temple every three months to live for a month, and it has never been interrupted for five years, and it doesn't look like it's deliberate. ”

Li Zongxun pinched the teacup in his hand and squinted his eyes slightly.

"The abbot of this White Horse Temple is not simple, he was also a fierce general before becoming a monk, and he said that he had killed too many sins, so he went to Fangen and practiced atonement......

Everyone looked around and was surprised.

"Don't I know?"

What they want to ask more is, how did Prime Minister Li Cheng know about such a secret?

A cold wind blew in, the curtains shook, and footsteps sounded hurriedly outside.

"Prime Minister, the Queen Mother's carriage and horses will enter Beijing tomorrow."

Li Zongxun opened his eyes suddenly, "What about King Yonghuai?" ”

Come to the human: "King Yonghuai and the Queen Mother are walking, and they must not arrive until tomorrow." ”

Li Zongxun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought for a moment before he looked at everyone, brushed his beard and smiled, "I thought they would have to wait Chinese New Year's Eve to arrive, but the distance is so fast, and they can eat a bite of Chinese New Year's Eve when they get home......

Everyone said yes, but in private, it was slander.

Empress Dowager Li lost her son, how can she eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?

But Li Zongxun, who is the grandfather, is nothing more than sad about losing one of the best chess pieces from beginning to end.

There are private soldiers in the prime minister's mansion, and the structure and expenses are subordinate to the forbidden army, but they are not under the control of the imperial court, and the chief military attache is called Li Shen, who is a close confidant of Li Zongxun, and when everyone is talking, he stands outside the door, motionless.

Waiting for everyone to leave, Li Shen approached and whispered to Li Zongxun.

"The subordinates found out that Pei Zheng returned to Beijing quickly and his whereabouts are unknown."

Li Zongxun sneered, walked to a "picture of a child playing with fish" hanging on the wall, stopped for a moment, and said in a slight voice:

"Send someone to keep an eye on the White Horse Temple, Pei Zhen will return to Beijing, and he will definitely go to see King Qin and Concubine Duan."

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Twenty-ninth of the lunar month.

Feng Yun was woken up by the sound of snow clearing in the yard.

It was another night of snow, and it didn't stop until dawn.

She got dressed and got up, went to look at the bedroom prepared for Wen Xingsu, mixed incense, and then came back to eat.

Xing Bing and Ge Guang were talking outside the door, and as soon as Feng Yun sat down and picked up the soup spoon, he saw the Sun family Xiaolang.

The skinny little boy stood outside the door uneasily.

Ge Guangxiao asked: "Sun Xiaolang is looking for Lizheng Niangzi?" ”

Sun Xiaolang nodded heavily, and there was a flush on his cheeks.

Feng Yun put down the spoon: "Come in." ”

Sun Xiaolang walked to the middle of the hall, respectfully saluted Feng Yun, and when he raised his head, his eyes were red and swollen like rabbits, covered with red bloodshots, obviously he didn't close his eyes all night, and he held a small cloth bag in his hand, I don't know what it contained, and he carefully held it up.

"Mrs. Lizheng, my father asked me to bring this to you......"

When Feng Yun heard this, he hurriedly excused himself.

"Your family just had an accident, and you have to repair the house and build a house after the year, it's time to use the money, don't be polite to me, take it back."

Sun Xiaolang's cheeks were flushed, and his tone was choked.

"The general Wei from the capital in the past, bullied us, it was Lizheng Niangzi who took action and saved the villain's life, and now from God's hands, he saved our family of four, my father said, everything should be given to Lizheng Niangzi, even if the life of our whole family is also a lady's. But if you really give the lady any reward and thank you, the lady will definitely not accept it. So, my father said, take this rarity and give it to the lady, maybe you can find something......"

When Feng Yun heard it say "rare things", his mind moved slightly.

Seeing this, Sun Xiaolang hurriedly opened the wrapped green cloth.

It was a black mass, hard like irregular bark, with a subtle sheen in the light......

Feng Yun's eyes sank, "Where did you come from?" ”

Sun Xiaolang said: "My father was hunting in the mountains and picked it out in a cave. He was trying to dig some dirt to make a wild stove, but he didn't expect to dig this out, my father said, it didn't look like an ordinary thing, so he picked up a piece and put it at home, and waited for the lady to come back and show the lady ......"

Seeing that Feng Yun was silent, Sun Xiaolang tugged at the corner of his clothes, a little nervous.

"This ...... Did it work? ”

Feng Yun groaned for a moment.

"Yes."

She hadn't seen graphite with her own eyes, but she had seen a description of it in the book left by her mother, and she wouldn't be sure for a while, but she was sure that even if it wasn't graphite, it was another mineral, and it would definitely have an effect.

She said: "I'll take the things first, and after the New Year, let Uncle Sun take me up the mountain to see where they were picked out." ”

Sun Xiaolang saw her solemnly wrap things back into the green cloth, and then put them in the drawer, very cherished, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and bent down to bow to her twice, and then said goodbye.

In the afternoon, Feng Yun set up a couch in the house, found a place to enjoy the snow, warmed the wine, prepared wine and food, and waited for Wen Xingsu and his party to rush to Zhuangzi, smiled Yingying greeted the people, and then turned his head sideways and ordered Ah Lou, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Go to Yunzhuang across the river and ask the prince to come over. He said that he would like to join the year. ”

I saw the request of my sisters, and today I really had a headache, and my cat was a little uncomfortable, wilting, not eating, drinking, and lacking energy...... I just made an appointment with the doctor, and I want to take it to the hospital to see, if the cat gets better tomorrow, it will be three more tomorrow......

Thank you all and Happy Chinese New Year!