Your Highness, want to run after flirting?

Not long after the new year, the lively and festive atmosphere in the city has not yet dissipated, and an earth-shattering news came out from the palace first.

Emperor Yangdi's youngest son, Prince Fifteen, who was less than eight years old, died suddenly.

The empress cried so heartbroken while holding the little prince's body in Fengyi Palace, she passed out several times.

The fifteenth prince had always been healthy and healthy. The sudden death this time was really puzzling, and the doctor said that the little prince died of poisoning, which made this matter even more confusing and full of doubts.

Emperor Yangdi, who was equally sad, was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter.

After a search, they found Chenxia Palace.

It is said that the last place the fifteenth prince went to was Chenxia Palace.

When the guards rushed into the Chenxia Palace, they found a plate of poisonous plum cake in the bedroom. After the examination by the imperial physician, the poison in the plum cake was the same as the poison in the body of the fifteenth prince.

The sick imperial concubine's face paled in shock after this incident, she knelt at Emperor Yangdi's feet and shouted for injustice, Lihua cried in the rain and said that someone must have framed her.

When Emperor Yangdi sternly asked her where the plum cake came from, the imperial concubine who had been complaining all the time faltered and couldn't say a word.

In the end, it was still torture and interrogation of the palace servants in Chenxia Palace, only to learn that this plate of plum cakes was brought along with the scholar Sima Li when he visited the seriously ill imperial concubine.

At this time, another news came from the Tai Hospital, saying that the poison in the plum cake had been identified.

This poison is called Hongxiang, and its toxicity is relatively light. Even if an adult swallows it by mistake, it will not cause any serious problems, but it can be fatal to children with insufficient resistance.

After Yangdi heard this, his face was terribly gloomy.

Tears streaming down her face, the empress empress with red eyes stretched out her hands tremblingly and pointed at Concubine Li, and said in a stern voice: "Even if our two families are incompatible, ask yourself, what has my palace done wrong to you?! Unexpectedly You Sima clan are so cruel, you won't even let a child under eight years old go!"

In a word, the entire Sima clan was charged with murdering the prince.

In an instant, the nine clans of Sima, who were infinitely beautiful, were wiped out, and Concubine Li was temporarily imprisoned in Chenxia Palace to wait for her punishment.

The Sima mansion was kicked away with a "bang", and countless officers and soldiers with knives and sticks poured in. Amidst the screams and cries of the women and children in the mansion, Sima Li, a senior scholar who kept yelling at "bold", was arrested. Put on shackles and shackles, and take him to the heavy prison of the Ministry of officials.

The glory of the Sima clan collapsed overnight.

The common people outside the mansion saw Sima Mansion being ransacked with their own eyes, and the elderly bachelor struggled to be escorted out by the officers and soldiers, they couldn't help sighing again and again.

Unexpectedly, Lord Sima, who was an important minister of the court yesterday, has become a prisoner today.

Sure enough, accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger!

Although the third prince Su Danchen was not implicated by this, his status and influence have plummeted. The grandsons of the princes who used to have no time to curry favor with him now avoid him one after another.

After running all over Xunyang, no official was willing to intercede

This is also human nature. The loyal disciples under Sima Li's sect have already been wiped out in the corruption and bribery case. After the downfall of the Grand Master, in order to seek a bigger backer, he joined Sima Li, who had been brilliant for a while.

Furthermore, what Sima Li committed was the real crime of murdering the prince. Emperor Yang was furious and punished the nine clans. They were afraid of harming themselves and couldn't hide, so how could they lend a hand to help.

However, the current situation where no one in the entire imperial court dares to come forward to intervene and help is inseparable from Prime Minister Lan Ziqing's "fueling the flames" behind his back.

At the very beginning, some ministers who had a deep friendship with Sima Li begged Emperor Yangdi to give him a lighter sentence because Sima Li had always been loyal and dedicated.

As a result, within a few days, all the ministers who made the report were impeached by Prime Minister Lan Ziqing on various charges, and all of them were demoted from Beijing.

Seeing this situation, the ministers of the DPRK and China, no matter how stupid they are, knew Lan Xiang's intention of killing chickens and monkeys. Thinking of his cruel methods against the former Prime Minister Song Guang's party three years ago, all of them couldn't help but shuddered fiercely. Which one would dare to come out? intercede?

But there really is such a person, and that is Doctor Qing Yingxuan.

I only know that Ying Xuan entered the imperial study with a serious face, I don't know what he said to Emperor Yang in the imperial study, I only know that after he left the imperial study, Emperor Yang, who was determined to execute Sima Li, suddenly changed his mind and ordered Dali The temple proposed to hear the case.

The presiding judge is Ying Xuan, the doctor of the Qing Dynasty.

After Ah San finished her report, she looked at the elegant man in green in front of Quqiao Xiushui, her brows were wrinkled, and she seemed hesitant to speak.

"Just say what you want."

The indifferent and elegant voice sounded slowly.

Ah San bit her lip, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Slave... I have nothing to say."

Lan Ziqing stood tall and tall in front of the pond, staring calmly at the sparkling water in front of him, and said slowly, "You want to ask why the truth is so cruel, and kill the Sima clan without leaving any way out."

Ah San's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly knelt down, "I don't dare!"

When he said this, he was really puzzled in his heart. No one knew better than him how much the Prime Minister loved His Highness. Now that the Sima Nine Clans were convicted and imprisoned, the third prince Su Danchen was the one who suffered the most.

I heard that the third prince was ill and went to the doctor in a hurry, begging for help everywhere, but no one would answer him. The reason behind this is that the prime minister is obstructing it...

Even though His Highness the Third Prince had indeed failed the Prime Minister, and he hated him so much, but now that he was in trouble and looking down and out, he still couldn't bear it, let alone the Prime Minister who loved him to the bone.

The prime minister's behavior really puzzled him.

Lan Ziqing smiled faintly, reached out and folded off the most beautiful branch on the plum blossom tree, leaned close to the tip of her nose and sniffed lightly, the fragrance of plum blossoms came to her nostrils in an instant.

There was no wave in the dark and deep ink eyes, and he said calmly: "You know how to make a person never betray you."

"Slaves, slaves don't know."

Ah San replied in a low voice.

"No matter what method you use, break his wings and imprison him by your side. Only in this way will he not leave you."

Said expressionlessly, with a "click", the plum branch in his hand snapped off.

There was madness in those gloomy and cold eyes like an abyss.

"It's just that I used to be soft-hearted."

Ah San, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at the dead branch broken in two at his feet in horror, and shuddered violently.

Prime Minister, he...he wants to...

Take a deep breath!

Suddenly he sympathized with the third prince.

"But Mr. Ying..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps, a young servant hurried over from the bridge, came to Lan Ziqing's side, cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister, the person you are looking for has been found, and he is currently in the office." The Ministry welcomes you."

"very good."

There was a patter of coldness in Lan Ziqing's dark eyes.

The gray-haired old locksmith looked at the elegant and dusty man in Tsing Yi with cloudy eyes, thinking vaguely in his mind that he was suddenly "invited" to this place by an official, maybe it had something to do with this man.

"Bold, it's not polite to see the prime minister."

An official next to the man in Tsing Yi loudly reprimanded him.

The old locksmith was startled, knelt on the ground in fear, kowtowed and said: "I see the Prime Minister."

He was personally lifted up by a pair of slender jade-like hands.

The young man in Tsing Yi said in a gentle and indifferent voice, "Old man, don't be too polite."

Afterwards, the man retreated to the left and right, leaving him alone.

Just wondering, I saw a piece of pure gold forged in front of me,

The well-crafted golden lock is engraved with the words "Peaceful Years and Years" on one side and a person's name on the other.

Ming Xuan.

The old locksmith shook his wrist suddenly, and there was a "bang" sound of metal hitting the ground.

Lan Ziqing looked at the golden lock that he dropped to the ground, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and said: "Old man, since you recognize this golden lock, you must have some relationship with Mingxuan's family."

The old locksmith sighed heavily, nodded his head heavily, "I never imagined that I would see this golden lock one day, it was made by me myself."

Lan Ziqing raised his eyebrows, and continued: "In that case, senior, do you know about the massacre of Mingxuan's family more than 20 years ago?"

The old locksmith looked sad, as if recalling the past, and sighed deeply: "20 years ago... not only Mingxuan's family was wiped out...the entire Mingjia Village was massacred."

Lan Ziqing's eyebrows frowned, although he knew about it when he went to the Ministry of Officials to investigate the matter, but at this moment when he really heard about it, he couldn't help feeling sympathetic.

What kind of deep enmity does this murderer have with Ming Family Village? He is so ruthless!

But it is unknown.

According to the records of unsolved cases left by the Ministry of Officials, the massacre of Mingjia Village annihilating the village more than 20 years ago remains unresolved, and the murderer has not been arrested so far.

The old locksmith picked up the small and exquisite gold lock on the ground, and tremblingly touched the pattern engraved by himself on it, his cloudy old eyes turned red.

This incident started more than 20 years ago when the Ming family asked him to build a golden lock.

At that time, he learned a little handicraft in his hometown, so he left his hometown alone and came to Mingjia Village, thirty miles west of Xunyang City, where he opened a locksmith's shop.

The villagers in Mingjia Village are kind and simple, warm and hospitable. He soon settled there and his business is booming.

One day, a middle-aged man came and asked him to make a golden lock with a full moon. On one side of the golden lock was engraved "Safe Years", and on the other side was engraved the name of his newly born child.

The word, Mingxuan.

He has been in the industry for more than 40 years and has created countless golden locks, but he only remembers this one.

That's because he'll never forget what happened to that kid.

That was the fifth year he came to Mingjia Village. In that year, there was a severe drought and no grass grew in the fields. The villagers who had been plowing and hoeing for generations in Mingjia Village lost the capital they depended on for survival, and their lives were in dire straits.

Famine and plague quickly spread in the village, and the villagers lived on grass roots and bark all day long. What's more, many families exchanged children for food, which can be described as miserable.

Just as the villagers looked at the vicious sun in despair and numbness,

At the same time, a fortune teller named Zhao Chen suddenly came to the Ming family village. The fortune teller said that the reason for the sudden disaster was that there was a lone star from the Ming family village. rain down.

"The lone star of the evil spirit mentioned by the fortune teller is Ming Xuan?"

Lan Ziqing frowned.

He was also deeply impressed by the severe drought more than 20 years ago. It was because of this severe drought that he was sold into the palace by his parents.

The old locksmith nodded, with a painful expression on his face, he sighed heavily and continued.

In the old days, no one in the Ming family would have believed it, but now the villagers have been tortured by drought, hunger, and plague, and the words of the fortune teller are a life-saving straw in their hearts. Force Mingxuan's parents to hand over Mingxuan.

At that time, Ming Xuan was only five years old and didn't understand anything, so he was labeled as the Lone Star by the fortune teller. How could Ming Xuan's parents be willing to send their only son to die? The villagers tried their best to protect him.

Unexpectedly, after the fortune teller said something, they asked them to burn their young son to death with their own hands.

The fortune teller said that this son is not only the lone star of Tiansha, but also born to restrain his father and mother. If he is kept, he will definitely hurt his relatives in the future.

At that time, Ming's mother knew that she was pregnant. Seeing the excited villagers and touching the fetus in her womb, Ming's mother had no choice but to take the five-year-old Ming's hand to her mother with tears in her eyes on a dark and windy night. Xuan cheated into a room in the side courtyard of the Ming family, locked the door with a lock, and with red eyes helplessly set a fire outside.

At that time, the flames were blazing, and the entire Mingjia Village villagers were watching the cruel torture. Hearing Mingxuan crying and beating on the windows and doors, not only did no one step forward to save people, the crowd even let out a strange "Jie Jie!" "laughter.

The old locksmith felt that the villagers of Ming's family were no longer the kind and simple people they used to be. The day after Ming Xuan was burned to death, he packed his bags and returned to his hometown.

In the third year, by chance, I went to Xunyang to do business. I wanted to go to Mingjia Village to see old people again, but who knew that it had turned into a barren cemetery full of decaying weeds, and people from a village in Mingjia Village were buried in it.

He inquired several times, and only then did he learn that Mingjia Village was massacred a year ago. Before leaving, the murderer set a fire and burned the whole village to nothing without leaving any evidence.

The massacre in Mingjia Village has not been solved so far, and it has become an unsolved case for more than 20 years.

After Lan Ziqing sent the old locksmith away, her heart was still full of ups and downs. She didn't expect Ming Xuan's life experience to be so embarrassing.

Xiumei frowned tightly.

Since Ming Xuan is Ying Xuan, how did he escape from the fire that year?And how did you become a member of the Shenyin Sect?

Could it be that the people from Shenyin Sect saved him?

After pondering for a long time and still not having any clue, Lan Ziqing simply relaxed his eyebrows and stopped thinking about it.

What does it matter, the important thing is that he has already thought of how to deal with Ying Xuan.

Call the Minister of the Ministry of Officials quietly.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, dressed in official robes, bowed respectfully, cupped his hands and said, "What orders does the Prime Minister have?"

Lan Ziqing hooked her lips happily, and said: "The news is released, it is said that a fortune teller named Zhao Chen is staying at the Yuelai Inn."

Although the Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not understand what he meant by this, he still cupped his hands and said: "Yes"