Chapter 26: Secret
Even though a month has passed, the deeds of Dao Zen are still talked about by people in the rivers and lakes. One King Kong fights three caves and one finger Xuan. When it comes to Dao Zen, everyone is shocked.
"It's a pity, a genius of heaven, but for some reason such a genius actually found a short view. In the teahouse, an old man sighed.
No one knows why Daozen chose to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff in the end, even Yan Youshuang and Luo Xiuji. According to common sense, if Dao Chan defeats the five Yamas, he can break away from the Yama Temple, although the Yama Hall will not necessarily give up, but Dao Chan does not need to choose such a desperate path. Could it be because he broke off the martial arts because of this? Although Yan Youshuang didn't get along with Daochan for a long time, she knew that Daochan was not a person who was obsessed with martial arts, but just like that, he would definitely not break himself.
In the teahouse in Jiangling City, Xue Ziyong patted the wood in shock: "The person is dead, and the matter is over." That's all for today, and if you know what's next, we'll talk about it tomorrow. ”
Walking upstairs, Xue Ziyong asked for a pot of hot tea. It was Ergou who poured the tea, and Ergou had already heard about the battle of Wuya, and his face was sullen. Xue Ziyong asked, "Ergou, but because of thirteen?"
Ergou had tears in his eyes: "Mr. Xue, I won't tell you, Brother Thirteen, every time you drink tea." They would give me a little bit of silver as a reward, which was more than the other guests gave in months. Although the thirteenth brother is obedient and casual on weekdays, he is really good to my second dog. Sir, you say, why did the thirteenth brother ......?"
Xue Ziyong smiled slightly: "Okay, Ergou, you go and get busy." ”
Ergou wiped away his tears and nodded yes.
Xue Ziyong poured himself a cup of tea, thinking that there would always be a young man opposite him before, sleepy-eyed, and asked himself for tea, Xue Ziyong laughed, poured another cup and pushed it over.
He drank tea, looked out the window, a lark flew down on the table, Xue Ziyong opened the secret letter, after reading it, his expression did not change, he stood up.
"Finally can't help it?"
Xue Ziyong walked downstairs, walked through the city, walked slowly along Suqin Mountain outside the city, and walked in front of a mountain wall. He clicked three times on the mountain wall, and a stone door appeared on the mountain wall and slowly opened. Xue Ziyong walked in with his back hand, and the stone door closed automatically.
came to a stone room, and there was a man sitting on the stone seat, who was seven or eight points like Xue Ziyong. Xue Ziyong sat down casually and did not speak.
The person who was very similar to him was his brother and the hall master of the Yama Palace, Xue Zixiong.
Xue Zixiong looked at Xue Ziyong: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"Nope. Xue Ziyong pretended to think about it and replied for a long time. Then he looked at Xue Zixiong: "But I'm curious, why did you call me over now, this is not like your style." ”
"If it weren't for the loss of the four Yamas in the Yama Palace, do you think you would still be able to sit across from me unharmed?" Xue Zixiong snorted coldly.
"It turns out that the famous King Jizo also cares about this? What is the difference between anyone's life and an ant in your eyes? If you want, my life can be taken now. ”
"I didn't call you here to play tricks on you. ”
"Then let's get down to business. I still have a few more that the book doesn't say. Xue Ziyong said with a smile.
Xue Zixiong gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "Because of those few wastes last time, a scholar was let go, and that scholar climbed the high branch of Princess Suyang and became the master of the horse." This made our employer extremely unhappy, and he wanted us to remedy it. ”
"Remedy, do you want me to kill the pony?"
"Can't do it?"
"Although we are people in the rivers and lakes, we don't care about government affairs. But you must not know that today's Princess Suyang is the biological daughter of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess is the one who single-handedly pushed the current saint to the dragon chair, the tree has deep roots, and there are many extremely high-level guards around her, who can get it?"
"I knew you'd say that, useless stuff. ”
Xue Ziyong sneered: "I'm useless, otherwise how could I be your younger brother." ”
Xue Zixiong slapped the stone chair, rushed to Xue Ziyong, and grabbed his neck: "If you and I weren't brothers, I would have killed you a long time ago." ”
Xue Ziyong's face was flushed, and he looked at Xue Zixiong, and the smile on his face did not change.
Xue Zixiong threw him to the ground: "What you said is right, it is indeed difficult to assassinate a colt, but I have promised my employer to help him kill one person, which will be counted as compensation." ”
"Then it has nothing to do with me, if there is nothing else, I'll go first. ”
Xue Ziyong got up from the ground and walked straight to the outside of the stone room.
Xue Zixiong looked at Xue Ziyong's back coldly, and smashed the stone chair he was sitting on just now with one palm.
At night, Xue Ziyong returned to his residence, he stood in front of the window and asked softly, "Who is the hall master going to kill?"
"It's the book of the military department. ”
"Why? It won't be because of political disagreement, or because the military department has read a few books. Xue Ziyong said slowly.
"My subordinates don't know. ”
"If I go out of the city, I will definitely be suspected by Xue Zixiong, and this matter will be handed over to you. You go and ask the military department secretary in person, why Wu Zinian wants to kill him?"
"My lord, why take the risk?"
"You and I, as the emperor's hidden guards, since it was he Wu Zinian who had murderous intentions towards this person, we should find out, but what is the problem?"
"That's what my lord said. But at the beginning, His Majesty instructed us to only spy on us, and not to interfere. ”
"Say no more, is forgetting my words tantamount to a holy decree?"
"The subordinates obeyed. ”
Xue Ziyong leaned his palm on the window edge and read softly: "The book of the military department, Wu Zinian, what is the secret?"
The reason why Xue Ziyong wanted to investigate was because although the military department Shangshu and Wu Zinian did not agree on the surface, they were actually the same faction. The military department Shangshu is just a puppet of Wu Zinian, and the military department Shangshu is obviously in opposition to Wu Zinian, just because Wu Zinian is worried that the emperor will have the idea of his high merit and master, and he has a false move.
Wu Zinian tried his best to exclude other officials other than his henchmen, and even did not let go of the scholars who went to Beijing to admonish, which shows the huge power of his power and the ruthlessness of his methods. And although today's saint is outstanding in martial arts, for him, a veteran of the two dynasties and a hero of the dragon back then, it is really difficult to get rid of him. Coupled with Wu Zinian's false move, he couldn't find a suitable reason.
However, why would Wu Zinian ruthlessly get rid of one of his chess pieces for many years, if it weren't for the great secrecy here, Wu Zinian would never have been able to attack the military department.
Now, the saint is frail and sickly, and the prince is a mediocre and incompetent person. Wu Zinian had already started to assist this useless prince to inherit the dragon throne, and wanted to be a veteran of the three dynasties and control the government. It stands to reason that Wu Zinian shouldn't cut off his arms, just wait, what is the reason why he is so anxious?
There was a thunderclap in the sky, and it was pouring rain. Xue Ziyong did not hesitate to use the hidden guard to find out, just because he had a feeling in his heart that this matter was extremely important. And the hidden guard, like the divine guard, is a secret trick arranged by the emperor, and the hidden guard only obeys the emperor's orders, monitoring the officials and inquiring about the news for the emperor.
And Xue Ziyong is a person from the Yama Palace, and he is the superior choice as a hidden guard. Back then, Xue Zixiong killed his father and seized the Yama Palace, and killed Xue Ziyong's wife and children. Xue Ziyong is bent on revenge, but he is not Xue Zixiong's opponent, and there is no other way. It just so happened that the emperor found him, Xue Ziyong joined the hidden guard, and the emperor also promised him that at the right opportunity, he would definitely help him avenge the blood of the sea.
At this time, the military department Shangshu was ill, and coupled with the great victory of the Northern Expedition, the emperor rewarded him for his merits and let him return to his hometown in Wuling to recuperate. Xu Shengping, the secretary of the military department, set off overnight. is in such a hurry, it seems that he also discovered Wu Zinian's murderous intentions towards him.
Seven days later, Xue Ziyong sat in the house, drinking tea and waiting.
"Your Excellency. ”
"How's it going?"
"The subordinates have found out. ”
"Speak. ”
The guard hesitated for a moment.
"Why don't you say it soon?"
"Yes, his subordinates followed all the way, Xu Shengping, the secretary of the military department, sneaked into the house late at night and pretended to be an assassin. Xu Shengping wanted to save his life, and he confessed. The reason why Wu Zinian wanted to kill Xu Shengping was because of His Majesty's illegitimate son. ”
Xue Ziyong put the teacup on the table: "Go on." ”
"When the saint did not ascend the throne, when he went south to Gangneung, he was fortunate to have a woman, and then the saint returned to the palace, and the woman was pregnant with a dragon fetus. At the time when Erlong was seizing the heir, Prime Minister Wen Siwei read a book to His Majesty. In order to take care of the overall situation, the Holy One issued a secret decree to execute the woman and the unborn child. His Majesty handed over the matter to Wu Zinian, and it was Xu Shengping who was sent by Wu Zinian. ”
Xue Ziyong was glad that he had not guessed wrong, there was indeed a big secret in this.
"Although Wu Zi recited the return to the Holy Heavens, the woman and the fetus were dead. In fact, the woman was already in labor, gave birth to a prince, and was rescued by a man in black. Only Wu Zinian and Xu Shengping knew about this matter. ”
"I see, the current prince is incompetent, and the saint has long had the intention of abolishing the heir. If the prince is found, with his holy nature, he must have the idea of establishing himself, which will shatter the wishful thinking of Wu Zinian. Xue Ziyong asked the hidden guard: "Then can you ask about the whereabouts of that child?"
Xu Shengping said that he didn't know who did it at the time, only that the child had seven red moles on his back. ”
"Does anyone else know about this?"
"All the people who knew about this back then were killed by Wu Zinian, but Xu Shengping was the only one left who knew about it, so Wu Zinian was in a hurry to kill people now. ”
"Seven Star Red Mole. Xue Ziyong glared: "How is Xu Shengping?"
"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates have forced him to take poison and commit suicide. ”
"You're doing a great job, remember, don't mention it to anyone else. You should know that the stakes are high, and if the news leaks, I'm afraid that your life and mine will not be guaranteed. ”
"Your Majesty?" asked the guard.
Xue Ziyong sneered and did not answer.
"The subordinates understand. The guard exited the room.
The candlelight flickered, and Xue Ziyong sat on the chair with one palm on the table: "Why couldn't this matter be known earlier, is it really a creation that makes people?"