I am fish

The incident of the water demon made Ru Ning, who hadn't been busy for a few days, and even the whole Da Yu, fall into panic again. Rumors that "the emperor has no virtue and can't suppress the monster" are secretly circulating in various workshops.Li Ju was furious when he heard about it, and ordered the Jinwu Guards to patrol the city. Anyone who dared to say such disrespectful words would be arrested and all the Yi people would be punished.

It is not an easy task to block the mouths of Youyou. Coupled with the continuous torrential rain on the South Cliff, a raging flood has formed, rushing down the northward channel along the south-to-north channel.Even though Xie Fuchen had urgently dispatched manpower to the affected counties, he still couldn't stop the rumors from spreading.It is said that the violent digging of mountains and canals offended the mountain gods, and the superiors did things regardless of the consequences, and the mountain gods were furious and committed crimes against innocent people.

Even if the people are forced to say nothing clearly, there are many other words that can be used as metaphors.Even if you can't even say a metaphor, in fact, everyone understands it in their hearts.Li Ju's fury proved the veracity of the rumor.Xie Fuchen suggested that Li Ju should not force the people at this time, so he fell into Li Yanyi's trick.

"But if we don't force them, are we going to let them spread rumors? Let the hard-won people's hearts be alienated again?" Wei Lun was imprisoned and Lin Quan and Zuo Xu were killed successively. It seems that the initiative has returned to Li Ju's hand, but Li Ju didn't feel any happy feeling.The Empress Dowager Geng's silent eyes that made him feel like a gleam finally opened, and she came out from behind the thin curtain, allowing Li Yanyi to trespass in the court hall, and even pointed out his country on the court hall, Command his courtiers!Li Ju couldn't be happy, he didn't know how long he would be suppressed by Empress Dowager Geng.Empress Dowager Geng was a sword hanging in her heart, a needle that could be stepped on at any time, a nightmare that even Xie Fuchen could not eradicate.And Li Yanyi is the extension of this nightmare.

Fighting with Li Yanyi for so long, I have gained the upper hand several times and has driven her to the edge of the cliff. Just one more kick can drive her into the abyss of eternal doom, but every time it comes to the most critical moment, Empress Dowager Geng will show up to obstruct her However, Li Yanyi was always able to win over some of the most advanced and experienced scholars to advise her and escape from death.

"Xie Zhongcheng! When will Li Yanyi be eradicated! This time Zuo Xu and the others are dead, it is the best time! Don't miss it again!" Li Ju was impatient,

"Your Majesty must not be impulsive. The most important thing now is to determine the candidate for Shang Shuling. Except for Wei Lun, we will uproot the Wei family and punish the witch of the Wei family. Once the Wei family is destroyed, Li Yanyi will be completely unavailable. At that time, the veteran had full confidence in Li Yanyi's downfall. When Li Yanyi fell, the country would firmly hold back His Majesty's hand. At that time, people's hearts were just a plaything, and His Majesty could handle it. But..."

"What worries does Xie Zhongcheng have?"

"It's just that Li Yanyi seems to have a treacherous counselor beside him. The rumor of the water demon this time is that this person is secretly playing tricks. And the assassin of the old minister reported that Li Yanyi caught a batch of bugs from nowhere and kept them in the mansion. , once the poison is used, it will emit a blue light, making it impossible for him to attack. This person's method is quite unfamiliar, not Li Yanyi's usual routine."

"Who is this man!"

"The old minister is investigating."

"Li Yan is exhausted, and there are still people jumping into the fire pit. What kind of idiots are they! Xie Zhongcheng... No, Xie Sima, who do you think is qualified for the position of Shang Shuling?"

"The veteran thought that Yan Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, could take up this position."

"Okay, then Yan Zhen! This matter should not be publicized. I will send the appointment edict to the Yan Mansion. In the next morning, I will announce the appointment of Da Sima and Shang Shuling. Um... Xie Sima, I heard Strictly ordered the emperor to be skilled in controlling daughters, and gave birth to sixteen sons in total, is there such a thing?"

Xie Fuchen said: "Returning to Your Majesty, Lord Yan Ling indeed has sixteen sons, among them four are descended from the concubine and twelve are descended from the concubines."

"He never had a daughter?" Li Ju asked with a little interest, "Does he have any special methods?"

Xie Fuchen didn't answer in time, which made Li Ju quite embarrassed.

Li Ju and Feng Yiyi met and fell in love when Li Ju was still King Che Huan. The two have gone through many ups and downs together until now, and finally became pregnant with a prince, hoping to give birth to a stable prince in times of political turmoil. Thinking that the prince who had high hopes died just after he was born, he was still a daughter... This incident reminded Li Ju that many daughters were born in Feng Yiyi's clan.Now Feng Yiyi's health has not been very good after giving birth, Li Ju remembered Xie Fuchen's persuasion to let the newly appointed imperial doctors do their best to help her take care of her body, and she was able to have intercourse three days ago.But even if she conceived after hard work, she might still be a princess, and then Empress Dowager Geng would have a lot to say, which really annoyed Li Ju.He wants to give birth to a son as soon as possible and make him the crown prince. With the crown prince in hand, he will have an extra weight of victory.And what about Li Yanyi?Her own reputation as the emperor is not right; not to mention childless, Li Yanyi has not yet married, even if she snatches the country, who will pass it on to?

Thinking of this, Li Ju became even more anxious. Some people suggested that he favor other concubines in the harem, but Feng Kun is still there. Most of the men in the Feng family hold important positions in the court, or have repeatedly made military exploits on the northern front. The Feng family is still powerful. However, if he went to find another concubine and gave birth to a son and a half daughter, he might lose the support of the Feng family.More importantly, he and his Zitong are sincerely in love, unlike other emperors who have three thousand harems, he only wants his Zitong alone.

It has long been heard that the Yan family has a secret technique handed down from their ancestors, that they have a son, Li Jugui is the emperor, and it is difficult to ask a courtier about this matter.

Xie Fuchen understood what he said, he didn't smile or show any other expression, his tone was calm and he didn't deliberately lower it, it sounded like he was talking about a common thing: "Your Majesty has worked hard recently, is it true that during Dunlun's time?" Do you have enough strength?"

Xie Fuchen asked so directly, Li Ju coughed, and sighed: "That's right, every time the queen is not fully entertained, the widow..."

"Your Highness lacks energy in all kinds of affairs, and anyone would have a lack of energy. However, Yan Zhen's secret recipe may not be suitable for the emperor."

"Oh?"

"Yan Zhen has been taking Furong powder all the time, but through the effect of Furong powder to strengthen the yang and increase essence, he has been fighting for several nights without getting tired."

"Fu Rong San?" Li Ju frowned slightly when he heard these three words.Of course he knew the consequences of taking Furong Powder. Strong dependence would make people want to continue taking it.Nowadays, all the aristocrats and bureaucrats in Da Yu are taking Furongsan, and Li Ju was once tempted to take it, but finally resisted the temptation.Now what Xie Fuchen said made his heart flutter, "Xie Sima, is this true? Furong powder really has such a miraculous effect?"

"The old minister only heard about it from Yan Zhen, but never tried it himself."

Xie Fuchen's expression was a little stiff, and Li Ju suddenly remembered that Feng Kun kidnapped A Xin and forced him to feed Furongsan to separate Li Yanyi and Wei Tingxu. Although Xie Fuchen didn't say it, he must have known it. He said to Xie Fuchen: "Tomorrow Xuan Yan Zhen will come to see the widow, and the widow should chat with him in person."

"Yes."

"There is also the Ting Wei Department. I have long wanted to remove it. When Yan Zhen takes office, you will impeach Guan Xun with him. I don't believe that this small Ting Wei Department can continue to dominate."

"According to the order."

Xie Fuchen got on the carriage and left the Forbidden Garden and returned to Xie Mansion. While walking in the garden caressing a cherry blossom, he seemed to be talking to himself: "She has arrived by Li Yanyi's side, which is unexpected. Originally, she just wanted to be by Wei Tingxu's side." I left a pawn to listen to information, but I didn't expect this pawn to be a 'general' now."

A gentleman in plain clothes walked out from behind the rockery. Even if he turned out from behind the rockery, he was silent, hardly audible footsteps, like a ghost.This person is Yan Ye, a flexible hidden weapon Xie Fuchen hid in his sleeve.Yan Ye said: "The rumors of the water monster came from her in the past few days, because she was very successful in pretending to be a ghost, and she has become a celebrity around Li Yanyi."

"Oh? I don't know who came up with such a bad idea, so it was her." Xie Fuchen smiled, and with two fingers, he broke a fresh and tender cherry blossom on the spot.

Xie Fuchen's slender and thick eyelashes drooped down, looking at this blooming flower with pity, smelling its fragrance: "It's time for her to play a real role. Go." Take a smash.

Zhen Wenjun has indeed become the most favored adviser around Li Yanyi, besides Lin Yue, there is a group of sons and brothers who follow her all the time handing handkerchiefs and jewelry.Zhen Wenjun knew that the young men of Da Yu had the habit of giving handkerchiefs to their sweethearts, and they often made fuss about the texture of the handkerchiefs to show their wealth.Not to mention those beautiful and bright colors, a gem worth a thousand gold.

But Zhen Wenjun didn't like these things, it was strange that she was not interested in these aristocratic princes at an honest age.If it were another lady from a humble background, one day she would suddenly be sought after by many children of the Runing family, she would be so happy that her face would blossom. Zhen Wenjun also had a sense of satisfaction in vanity deep in her heart, but why couldn't she be interested?

"You don't seem very happy."

Zhen Wenjun doesn't like riding in a carriage when she goes out, she is used to driving the snow in the clouds to control the way forward by herself.Lin Yuejie, a scholar who didn't know how to ride a horse, drove a carriage to follow her. The cart was filled with water and food. Once Zhen Wenjun was thirsty and hungry, he could feed her as soon as possible.Lin Yue could tell that she didn't like nasty love letters, but was more interested in wine and meat. Lin Yue lamented that she was really an extraordinary woman with a true temperament, so he pursued her in another way.But recently, there are many suitors, and she has also made contributions to the princess, but there is a kind of forced smile.Even if others couldn't see it, Lin Yue felt that he could understand Zhen Wenjun's melancholy when he was alone.

After Lin Yue threw out this sentence, Zhen Wenjun ignored him, and was still swaying on the horse, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lin Yue tried to tease her by telling old jokes. Zhen Wenjun went in his left ear and out of his right ear, and stopped at the gate of a ruined temple outside the city. He looked around, but no one was there, so he asked Lin Yue to wait for her here. .

"Let me go in with you." Lin Yue said, "The eldest princess has many political enemies, and now you have become a hot celebrity. How many eyes are staring at you. You may be in danger if you go alone."

"Farewell, I'll go by myself." Zhen Wenjun forced a smile, "Don't follow me as you said, and I will distract you to save you if you are really in danger."

Lin Yue: "..."

"Go home and have dinner with your mother."

Zhen Wenjun tied Yunzhong Feixue to the entrance of the temple and walked in alone. Lin Yue was afraid that she would be angry, so he didn't follow, and sat in the carriage and waited.

Five children in brown linen clothes had been waiting for a long time in the temple. Zhen Wenjun came up with the purse and asked them, "Can you sing the songs I taught you last time?"

The five children said in unison: "Yes!"

"Okay! Sing it for me once."

"The heavy rain caused the embankment to be destroyed, and the mountain god was angry and the people were in danger..." The five children shook their heads and sang a nursery rhyme. After singing, Zhen Wenjun gave them the money with satisfaction, and knelt down and told them, "This song goes to the market first. Come back here at this time in three days, I have new songs to teach you. You learn to sing with your heart, money is indispensable."

These children are members of Runing's well-known "Beggar Gang", and they are everywhere in Runing City.As long as they have money, they are willing to do anything, and it is very difficult for the government to catch them. The rumors of water monsters and mountain gods are spread by using them.

The children ran away, and when Zhen Wenjun clapped his hands and was about to leave, he felt a gust of wind and killing intent in the back of his head.

She turned around like lightning, and without even thinking about it, she raised her arm suddenly, only to hear two sounds of "蹡蹡" at the same time, and a pair of black stabs stabbed her arm.The pair of black thorns came very violently and without warning. When Zhen Wenjun stepped into this ruined temple, he did not pay attention to the surrounding situation. In the temple, there were only children, rags and grass piled up everywhere, and a stone statue with its head missing. There is no breath of others.Zhen Wenjun has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and has never been negligent. Unless she holds her breath completely, she will definitely be able to detect it.This person is able to completely block the breath like a shadow, and instantly exert force to kill people, it is really shocking.

Zhen Wenjun's arm was poked straight on. He lost his balance and rolled twice before regaining his balance on one knee. Under the severe pain, he thought his arm had been pierced. When he lifted it up, his sleeve was poked out. Two holes reveal an iron bracer.This wristband was just a self-defense gift given to her by Lingbi, she must wear it whenever she went out, she knew it would come in handy one day, and it really saved her life today.

He raised his eyes to see the assassin, but saw a black shadow crawling into the rotten grass.Zhen Wenjun knew that he was definitely not the opponent of this expert, so he raised his legs and wanted to run, but the rotten grass suddenly exploded, and countless rotten grass sprayed into her eyes, making her unable to open her eyes instantly.Zhen Wenjun couldn't see things clearly, and turned into a bird waiting to be slaughtered in a cage. In a panic, he held the golden cicada knife tightly between his fingers and swiped around desperately.

The Jin Chan Knife didn't cut anyone, she was kicked heavily on the back of the vest, and she fell forward.Zhen Wenjun supported the ground with one hand extremely flexibly, and with the strength of this kick, he rolled forward a distance of one foot. His eyes full of tears finally managed to see something clearly. When he found himself facing the entrance of the temple, he shouted: "There are assassins! Run!"

Zhen Wenjun knew that she was not good at martial arts, and that she would be a thorn in the side of everyone, so going out would definitely be risky, so Li Yanyi sent four secret guards to protect her.The hidden guard should have rushed out after making such a big noise. She was almost dismantled by the assassin.Even with the iron wristband and the golden cicada knife, she might not escape today. Since she is going to die here, don't drag other innocent people down. Her cry is to make Lin Yue, who is foolishly waiting outside the ruined temple, hurry up escape.

Lin Yue straightened his back when he heard her shout, and jumped out of the carriage immediately after understanding what she was shouting.

Sister Wenjun is in trouble!

Lin Yue fumbled around in the carriage but couldn't find a weapon in his hand, so he had to struggle to pick up a giant cured pork leg that hadn't been cut into pieces, then picked up a stone, shouted to embolden himself, and rushed into the temple .

Zhen Wenjun was pulled back by the collar, and the assassin pressed her head with one hand and was about to pierce her neck with a black thorn. Lin Yue, who rushed into the temple, happened to see this scene. With force, he swung the pig's leg at the opponent's face.This assassin is tall and majestic, dressed in black with only two eyes exposed, he probably has never seen a pig leg as a weapon after he has been walking in the rivers and lakes for so long, the black thorn picked up the pig leg to the roof, and missed Zhen Wenjun's life best time.Lin Yue rushed forward without thinking to grab his arm holding the weapon, and shouted:

"Sister, run!"

Before Lin Yue got close, the assassin kicked her away. Zhen Wenjun cut her thigh with a backhand.She felt a chill in her heart, and felt that this time her life was about to be given here in an unclear manner.Suddenly the assassin was shot out with a muffled grunt, and the black thorn made a deep mark on the ground, and when he stopped, a mouthful of blood came out from behind the mask.

Zhen Wenjun was extremely surprised, seeing a tall woman with bare hands standing behind her, it was she who made the attack just now.Just one punch made the master vomit blood, really powerful.This person has delicate eyebrows, deep eyebrows and big eyes, delicate and beautiful, and looks like a barbarian.

The assassin sensed that the opponent had good legs and feet, and maybe he was not her match, so he ran away like a gust of wind.

"Thank you, female hero..." Zhen Wenjun, who had saved his life, still had lingering fears, and thanked the other party with a trembling voice.She could probably guess who sent the person who wanted to kill her, but she didn't know who the savior was.

The savior glanced at her indifferently, and left quietly without saying a word.

Zhen Wenjun shouted to her back: "Can you leave your name, so that I can repay the heroine for saving her life in the future!"

The man still didn't stop, as if he didn't hear her words.

Zhen Wenjun pulled up Lin Yue, who was lying on the ground with black eyes from the pain, "How are you? Can you still go? Why are you so stupid? If you don't run away, you will come back to die."

Lin Yue grinned, his teeth were covered with blood, and said weakly, "As long as my sister is fine... I'm fine, I'm fine."

"Don't be brave, look at you, you have half your life left. Next time, remember not to follow me, it's too dangerous."

"You, what are you going to do?"

"Carry you back, you can't stand up at all."

"But how can I, a handsome man, let you, a little lady, carry me!"

Zhen Wenjun rolled his eyes, and regardless of what he said, he forcibly carried him onto the carriage and sent him back to Huaichen Mansion with all his strength, before passing out.

After waking up, I saw Aunt Azhu waiting by the bed with a decoction, and she was very happy when she woke up: "Miss Zhen finally woke up, how could she be injured so badly, His Highness is worried to death. Come on, tell me Drink the soup and medicine, I will inform His Highness."

Zhen Wenjun drank the medicine obediently, a bowl of medicine so bitter that her five sense organs were wrinkled together, Li Yanyi hurriedly pushed the door in, held her hand and said with concern:

"It's too dangerous for my younger sister to be buried by accident. Li Ju is really insane! My younger sister, don't go out for the time being, just in case of accidents."

But Zhen Wenjun was muttering in his heart, is it really Li Ju and Xie Fuchen's people who assassinated her?Xie Fuchen placed her next to Wei Tingxu and Li Yanyi for a long time, would he kill her before he could really make the most of it?It is too contradictory.And although the assassin who assassinated her was very skilled, he was not a first-class peerless master, unlike the mysterious assassin Xie Fuchen brought back from northern Xinjiang that made the whole court tremble.If it was that person, he might be able to cut off her head as soon as he made a move. It is impossible for her or even Lin Yue to have a chance to fight back.

Who would that be?Is it Xie Fuchen's other henchmen?It will not be so contradictory.

While Zhen Wenjun was recuperating in Huaichen Mansion, he suddenly received a secret letter from Xie's family.

This secret letter made Zhen Wenjun shudder.

That day, a maid brought a box of rouge. When she opened the box, she found that there was a cinnabar stone inside. fingernails.

Zhen Wenjun was very sensitive to realize that this was a secret signal from the Xie family!

Zhen Wenjun rushed out the door and called the maid: "Who gave me the rouge box!"

That maidservant was a familiar face in Huaichen's mansion, and she was startled by Zhen Wenjun's sudden question: "My lady, this rouge box was entrusted to you by Aunt Azhu earlier in the morning, and she said it was a sister named Zizhuo." It was sent by...my lady, what's the matter? Is there anything wrong? "

The maidservant's frightened appearance didn't seem like she was lying, and it was even more impossible for her to mention Aunt Azhu as a fake, otherwise she would know it as soon as she asked.The counterfeit items of Wei Tingxu were sent to Huaichen Mansion and delivered to her.

Yes, Zhen Wenjun can be sure that this rouge box is not from Wei Tingxu, but from Xie's family!Xie Fuchen!

The cinnabar aloes means "Zhu Chen", Xie Fuchen finally wants her to kill Li Yanyi.

This is the order from Xie Fuchen, and this is the meaning of Xie Fuchen's burying her pawn.At the most intense moment of confrontation, the most thrilling move is made, and the throat is blocked with one move.Now she is making suggestions for Li Yanyi, and Li Yanyi has full trust in her, so it is not difficult to kill Li Yanyi.

But Zhen Wenjun couldn't kill Li Yanyi, but he had to.The fingernails that Xie Fuchen presented were threatening her, if she didn't kill her, her mother would be doomed!

This further confirmed her previous guess - the killer who wanted to kill her in the ruined temple was not sent by Xie Fuchen.

Zhen Wenjun held the fingernail tightly in his hand.

In fact, she had already guessed that such a day would come.

At the beginning, she had an idea that if the Xie family wanted her to kill Wei Tingxu, she might not be able to do so, but she didn't have such a big psychological barrier to kill Li Yanyi.A small thought that day has now come true.

To kill or not to kill?

Of course not to kill.

She is going to tie up Li Yanyi in exchange for her mother!