Chapter 44: Rebellion Section 2: The Poison of the Human Heart

When Xiao Hong came to Tongtai Temple, it was the imperial brother doing his morning class, so he had to wait outside the hall and listen to the sound of chanting coming from the hall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info He originally disagreed with the emperor's brother's belief in Buddhism, but he has always understood his brother's temperament, and knows that no matter how much he doesn't like it, he can't oppose it in front of him, on the contrary, he will actively help this emperor brother to organize what he likes to do, to find things he likes to use to win his favor.

Just now, he heard that the abbot of Tongtai Temple had a volume of Bodhidharma's hand-copied "Diamond Sutra", so he even coerced and enticed the scroll into his own hands, and he waited for the imperial brother to finish his morning class, so that he could present this scroll.

When Xiao Yan walked out of the hall, he saw his sixth brother, standing respectfully outside the hall waiting for him.

"Your Majesty. Xiao Hong hurriedly greeted him, "The emperor is really hard, he just came back from the imperial expedition, so he rushed to the temple to continue to pay his vows." ā€

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, didn't say anything, just walked forward by himself, and Xiao Hong hurriedly followed behind him and went to the meditation room.

After Xiao Yan walked into the meditation room, he retired the left and right guards and the accompanying eunuchs, and sat down. Xiao Hong stood at the bottom, and his heart was up and down.

"Sixth brother, you have worked hard during the time that Lian was not in the capital. Xiao Yan talked about the hard work of the sixth brother, but his tone was extremely harsh, and Xiao Hong was slightly shocked when he heard it.

He hurriedly replied: "The matter assigned by the imperial brother, the foolish brother naturally has to handle it well. ā€

Xiao Yan didn't answer for a long time, he just stared blankly at the door, as if he had a heavy mind. After Xiao Hong saw it, he naturally didn't dare to ask more, but he didn't have confidence in his heart, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

"Lian remember, in the early years, you often went to Wu Shuyuan's place, I wonder if the sixth brother still remembers these things?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked.

Xiao Hong was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't have imagined that the imperial brother would ask this question, so he had to stubbornly answer: "Yes------ the imperial brother's memory is really good, I have forgotten all these early years." Xiao Hong said with a smile on his face: "I don't know why the imperial brother mentioned this matter today?"

"Lianna Zong'er------ will never come back, of course you have to tell Shuyuan about this, since you and her often move around, then please ask the sixth brother to go and go to the cold palace to tell Shuyuan that her Zong'er has been buried in a foreign land. ā€

After Xiao Hong heard the imperial brother's words, he broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't understand that this imperial brother suddenly ordered him to send a message to Wu Shuyuan, this is an uncustomized thing, he had dealings with Wu Shuyuan to do it very secretly, but this imperial brother said it so lightly, he couldn't help but be afraid, what he was afraid of was that he didn't know how much the imperial brother in front of him knew how much of the secret he hid in his heart.

"Your Majesty, in this palace, I'm just afraid that my courtiers won't be able to move around, so it's more appropriate for you to see if you want to send someone else there. Xiao Hongqiang said calmly.

Xiao Yan looked at his sixth brother coldly: "When Lian saw Shuyuan at Xiao Baojuan, the sixth brother was next to Lian, then Wu Shuyuan's appearance when he was captivating the country and the city, didn't you also praise it? Why------ now that she is old, doesn't the sixth brother want to see it? This is the holy decree written by Lian to Shuyuan, it must be handed over to her hands, after she has read the holy decree, everything will be understood." ā€

After Xiao Hong took the holy decree, he put his hands in his sleeves, on his forehead, a cold sweat suddenly broke out, he was afraid that his gaffe would be seen through by the imperial brother, so he had to lower his head and stop talking, at this time the panic in his heart made him not know what to do, since the Northern Expedition, Xiao Yan's behavior has become different from the past, it seems that he should reflect on himself during this time.

"Obey the order! Your Majesty, the courtier will go down to do business first. ā€

"There is another matter: I have issued an order that the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yongzhou Rashi jointly try Zhang Yuanzhi's murder tragedy, with a time limit of three months, and the case must be solved within three months, you have been in charge of the affairs of the Criminal Department, and when the trial is held, you, Wei Huaiwen and Fan Yuncheng will jointly try the case. ā€

"------ yes, Your Majesty. The beads of sweat next to Xiao Hong's sideburns slowly dripped down.

Xiao Hong out of the Tongtai Temple, he hurried to the palace, he grasped the opportunity of the imperial brother to hand over to him the holy decree, on the road several times he wanted to open the holy decree to take a look at it, but when he thought of the imperial brother's attitude towards himself today, he forcibly held back.

He didn't really take Wu Shuyuan's matter to heart, and the most important thing the emperor said just now was to thoroughly investigate Zhang Yuanzhi's murder tragedy. Xiao Hong knew that he couldn't wait any longer, thinking that he had a very good relationship with that Zhang Yuanzhi, the two often talked about current affairs, and the corruption of Daqi under the rule of the Marquis of Dongwu at that time, the two of them were angry, Xiao Hong was very dissatisfied after the imperial brother achieved hegemony, and in the conversation with Zhang Yuanzhi, he often showed dissatisfaction, that Zhang Yuanzhi echoed at first, but after a long time, Zhang Yuanzhi found out that he was plotting against him in his interview behavior, but that Zhang Yuanzhi knew that he was powerless to stop Xiao Hong from doing anything, but he was born an extremely cautious person, and he collected Xiao Hong's correspondence with himself one by one, found the abbot of the Fuxian Temple, and handed over the letter to a person, Xiao Hong still doesn't know who he gave these letters to.

Xiao Hong now thinks of Zhang Yuanzhi, and he still regrets it very much in his heart, he regrets that he shouldn't have listened to Yu Wendu's instigation and killed Zhang Yuanzhi's family, thinking that if he blamed Fan Yuncheng for this matter, the stupid boy would be reined in and could no longer continue to investigate the matter. He couldn't imagine that Fan Yuncheng was stubborn, and he really couldn't pull ten cows back, and he couldn't imagine that he would investigate openly and secretly, and finally made the end of the three-party trial.

Xiao Hong knew that he must not be soft at this time, he must knock Fan Yuncheng down, so that he can have the possibility of turning over.

"Lord Wang, I've arrived at the side door of the harem. The attendant reminded him.

Xiao Hongqiang cheered up and slowly stepped out of the carriage, and the guard guarding the door saw Xiao Hong holding the holy decree and hurriedly welcomed him into the harem.

Xiao Hong motioned for them to take him to the cold palace, and after Xiao Hong arrived at the door, he motioned his subordinates to wait outside the door, and slowly raised his feet into the cold palace.

The weather has warmed up in the past few days, and Wu Shuyuan is sitting under the vine trellises in the courtyard, looking at the wisteria flowers that slowly bloom with the spring breeze, and she is stunned.

"Wu Shuyuan, I haven't seen you in the past few years, but your spirit is even better than before. Xiao Hongqiang said with a smile.

Wu Shuyuan didn't answer, she just looked at the wisteria flowers on the bamboo frame silently, as if she forgot that there was another sixth prince who came to deliver the decree by her side. Xiao Hong was a little annoyed in his heart, this Wu Shuyuan was too presumptuous, and he didn't even take her seriously.

"Shuyuan, under the emperor's holy decree, please accept Shuyuan's decree!" Xiao Hong said with a sinking face.

Wu Shuyuan turned around slowly, the corners of her mouth suddenly grinned, revealing an evil smile: "Shuyuan, I haven't been a Shuyuan for many years, Lord Wang, have you not had a good memory lately, how did you forget that I am no longer Shuyuan." ā€

Xiao Hongtie's face turned blue, and he threw the holy decree in front of her: "Hmph, my imperial brother ordered me to come and deliver the decree to you, you can take a good look." ā€

Wu Shuyuan picked up the holy decree, opened it and looked at it carefully, then calmly returned to the original place, and continued to look at those wisteria flowers.

Xiao Hong saw the down-and-out woman in front of him, who actually looked down on himself so much, he couldn't wait to pounce on her now and kill her with a sword.

"How did my Zong'er die?" Wu Shuyuan asked slowly.

"Didn't the Imperial Brother's Divine Decree explain it to you?" Xiao Hong asked coldly.

"The emperor made it clear to me, saying that my Zong'er was poisoned, and he had been poisoned ------ before he died. Lord, does the emperor know who poisoned him?"

Xiao Hong gritted his teeth and didn't answer, every word Wu Shuyuan said in front of him aroused his urge to kill.

Wu Shuyuan began to pick those pods, and she said as she picked them: "Lord Wang, do you know that the beans in this pod are poisonous. ā€

Xiao Hong was stunned, he never knew that the pods on the wisteria tree would be poisonous, as soon as he mentioned poisonous things, his heart began to be nervous, and the woman in front of him gradually became hideous in his eyes.

"A long time ago, I had a prescription, that recipe was a treasure scroll, I don't know where to get it, through the medicine made by that prescription, after this person eats it, there will be no disease, and regardless of men and women, after eating, it will be young forever, much younger than ordinary people------ the prince will not forget this matter. ā€

"------ hum, of course this king will not forget. Xiao Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Why did you suddenly mention this?"

"I only gave you half of that recipe, and the other half is with me, if the prince wants to eat these pills, he must go through my hands to get them, is that so?" Cheng Shuyuan asked with a smile.

"So what?" asked Xiao Hong, puzzled.

"How does the prince feel after taking these pills?" Wu Shuyuan asked.

"Indeed, as you said, I am immune to all diseases, and I feel a lot younger. "Xiao Hong has been taking this pill for more than 20 years, and of course he knows that its effect is excellent.

Wu Shuyuan smiled faintly: "Lord Wang, in the past, I would make you some pills every year, and I asked you to ask someone to send some to my Zong'er, I don't know if Lord Wang did it?"

Xiao Hong's face became extremely ugly, only a few people knew about his secret dealings with Xiao Zong over the years, and the reason why he was able to get in touch with Xiao Zong, who defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty, really had to thank the pills made by Wu Shuyuan in front of him, after receiving those pills Xiao Zong, he believed the words of his imperial uncle, and only then did he help himself with all his heart, what is the purpose of this Wu Shuyuan suddenly mentioning this matter today?

At the corner of Wu Shuyuan's mouth, that evil smile appeared again: "Lord Wang, my Zong'er died of poison, but you saw it with your own eyes?"

Xiao Hong shook his head: "This matter was seen by the imperial brother with his own eyes, and this king was not present. ā€

"My emperor, he was killed, someone mixed some poisonous pills with the pills he was taking, lord, do you want to catch that poisoner?"

Xiao Hong's face was blue and red for a while, he couldn't imagine that someone actually poisoned Xiao Zong, although Xiao Zong's death was unexpected to him, but there was one less person who exposed his conspiracy to rebel, he was still very happy in his heart, but Wu Shuyuan suddenly mentioned the person who poisoned him, which made people feel a little surprised.

"Do you know who poisoned him?" Xiao Hong asked eagerly.

Wu Shuyuan replied slowly: "Of course I know who the poisoner is, and I also know that you have also been poisoned, and you have been poisoned by the poison, and you have died soon." ā€

After Xiao Hong heard these words, his head buzzed, and he almost fell to the ground------