Ancient promotion routine

It was already scorching sun outside at this time, but the hearts of the court ministers were not as clear as this weather, all of them were shrouded in smog, and everyone was worried, looking at the closed gate of the main hall.

And the people who are particularly anxious and frantic are the members of the aristocratic family who received the beads last night, they are afraid that the blood pearls will appear on their bodies next.

Zhang Yanjin watched everyone's reactions from the sidelines. Fear and fear were common, but he didn't know which ones were real and which ones were faked.

Zhang Yanjin and all the ministers waited until the sun was about to set, but neither the emperor nor Li Yuyi came out.

After the sunset at dusk, white lanterns were lit up one after another in the palace. It was an ever-burning lantern for the prince.

The prince's sudden departure made everyone in the court unprepared. Seeing the sky darken, the ministers in the court couldn't help but start to panic, for fear that the emperor would take his anger out on him, especially those with lower official positions who often commit crimes. At this time, I was even more terrified.

All the ministers began to send news to their acquaintances in the palace, for fear that their own people would offend the sky at this time.

Although Zhang Yanjin had some doubts about the death of the prince, the emperor obviously knew more about the inside story. It seemed that the matter of the bead was not a secret, but the royal announcement was not high.

Zhang Zhongqian was at home, Ding You, but he had already received the news at home. Coincidentally, the funeral at Ningguo Mansion had already been finished, so there was no conflict.

Seeing the news from the palace, Zhang Zhongqian quickly asked people to hang up the lanterns, told the servants in the mansion to stay safe, and not to leave Duke Ningguo's mansion if there was nothing to do. After making arrangements, Zhang Yanjin returned to Duke Ningguo's mansion from the palace.

It's late at night, these days Zhang Yanjin stands guard in front of the old lady's memorial tablet every night, one is to obey the filial piety, although his uncle said that he doesn't need to come every night, but Zhang Yanjin feels sad, if he doesn't come here, he will feel like he has lost his thread Puppet, only when he is close to here, he is not like an abandoned puppet.

Now that Zhang Yanjin finished offering two sticks of incense, he came to Zhang Zhongqian's study. He knew that his uncle must have many things to ask, and he also had many things to tell his uncle.

Seeing that Zhang Yanjin was restless, Zhang Zhongqian asked his servants to make a pot of calming tea.

This calming tea has the effect of calming the mind, but it is better than those Buddhist incenses. It can calm people's minds without confusing people's minds.

"The prince was killed by the "Blood Pearl"." Zhang Yanjin stood in the study, with the shadows of the lamps projecting around him, the whole person looked extremely lonely.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhongqian felt quite sad in his heart. He patted Zhang Yanjin's shoulder, which obviously meant to comfort him.

"Uncle, I'm fine." Zhang Yanjin pursed her lips, but her expression was not as decadent as before. The crown prince and Zhang Yanjin had a deep relationship. Although they had only known each other for a few times, it was a pity for Zhang Yanjin that the crown prince finally arrived.

"I know that after the death of the crown prince, the court may change the sky. The matter of blood pearls must not be brought up before the emperor. This is a taboo in the court. Remember," Zhang Zhongqian couldn't help but sighed when he thought of the past, but the blood Pearls are not something that people from the Ningguo Mansion can bring up.

Back then, if he hadn't pretended to be deaf and dumb, he wouldn't be in the position he is today. Now Zhang Yanjin is regarded as a thorn in the side of the court, and he can no longer fall into it no matter what.

Zhang Yanjin remembered Zhang Zhongqian's words, and he shared what he had done before with the emperor's reaction today.

It would be impossible to escape now, Zhang Yanjin thought in her heart.

He was the first to discover the abnormality of the prince. If it was a coincidence, it would be unreasonable. No one would believe it if he said it was unintentional. For the present plan, he can only find the murderer behind the scenes, avenge the old grandmother, and expose the death of the prince. the truth.

"Although this method is risky, it is still feasible. What are you going to do next?" Zhang Zhongqian asked.

This nephew has always been a person with ideas, Zhang Zhongqian didn't want to stop or teach Zhang Yanjin how to do it, he wanted to see what step Zhang Yanjin could make, and Ningguo Palace will always be Zhang Yanjin's backing.

"The crown prince died suddenly, and the court will definitely stop for three days. During these three days, no matter the murderer or anyone else who wants to compete for the crown prince's position, they will definitely not sit still. We just need to watch from the sidelines at this time. "Zhang Yanjin said.

Although he was forced into this scramble, those aristocratic families always thought that he and the Ningguo government were on the side of the crown prince. Now that the crown prince died suddenly, it is estimated that there are not many people who want to catch them all, and Zhang Yanjin only needs to wait for someone to come to his door Just come.

"Just be careful, Xiaoliu is already on his way to Beijing, and he will probably be there early tomorrow morning." Zhang Zhongqian said.

"Xiao Liu has come to the capital." Zhang Yanjin was a little surprised. Ever since leaving the border town, Zhang Yanjin had a deep impression on Xiao Liu. He is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also extremely flexible in mind. He is a rare fighter and talented general.

"Xiao Liu went deep into the Turks' rear a few days ago and got a lot of news, but he was also injured, so I just asked him to come to the capital to raise him, and I will help you by the way." Zhang Zhongqian heard the last time the military newspaper said that someone When investigating the smuggling at the border, seeing someone took his token, he guessed it was Zhang Yanjin.

"Yes, thank you uncle." Zhang Yanjin knew in her heart that what she did was discovered by her uncle, and she didn't blame her. Instead, her uncle went along with the flow and gave her a favor.

I'm afraid I can see what I always want tomorrow morning.

The last time Duke Rui got away with the smuggling of salt, it was really beyond his expectation, obviously he had so much evidence, the emperor did pass it by, Zhang Yanjin carefully sorted out the joints, and let Li Ying went to help investigate, only to find out that Zhou Qihui, Duke of Ruiguo, had actually been ordered by the emperor to transport private salt.

Zhang Yanjin didn't think about the joints until years later.The reason why he failed was not that his evidence was insufficient, but that he simply found the wrong person.

"Okay, you should go to rest earlier, and you will go to the palace to express your condolences at the beginning of tomorrow morning. When Xiao Liu comes, I will let him go directly to your mansion. He will also bring a entourage when he enters the palace. You can let Xiao Liu follow him." .” Zhang Zhongqian explained carefully.

Zhang Yanjin is afraid that everyone in the court is targeting him now, and if he is not accompanied by anyone, he is really worried.

"Yes, you should also rest earlier." Zhang Yanjin said.

It's late at night, some people fall asleep, but more people can't sleep.

Rui Guogong Zhou Qin paced back and forth in the study room, holding a thick book in his hand, his face was full of anxiety.

When he went home today and received the news, it was as if he had been struck by lightning. The reason for the prince's sudden death was actually vaguely pointed to the Duke of Ruiguo's mansion, which made him fall asleep and sleep peacefully.

Who on earth made Rui Guogong's mansion take advantage of this, Han Guogong, Chu Chigong, Chen Guogong, Zhang Zhongqian?In his heart, Zhou Qin filtered out all the people who had conflicts of interest with his Ruiguo government, but he found that everyone has a possibility, and he couldn't help resenting the person who took out the blood pearl.

If I had known today, that thing would have been destroyed. Now that the thing is gone, even if the Duke of Ruiguo had a thousand mouths, he couldn’t tell. The blood pearl was indeed lost in the Duke of Ruiguo, but Fortunately, the emperor didn't know that he copied a copy back then.

But today's incident still made him panic. He didn't even dare to tell his family about this thing. Zhou Qin couldn't figure out how it was lost.

What Zhou Qin didn't know was that there were no secrets under one roof, especially when the informer was still his son.

Zhou Qihui looked at the extremely gorgeous Princess Yuyang in front of him, and couldn't help but get excited. Today is the day when he, Zhou Qihui, will rise to the top. Those who look down on him in ordinary times will show some color to them when he becomes a son-in-law look.

The door was pushed open by a maid who didn't seem to care at all about Zhou Qihui's presence in the room, as if it wasn't the first time she saw Zhou Qihui, she walked straight past Zhou Qihui without even giving him an extra look.

Princess Yuyang listened to the maid's words, her delicate face bloomed, and she let out a giggle.

Seeing these two people turning a blind eye to him, Zhou Qihui became more gentle on his face, but the hands under his sleeves revealed his inner thoughts.

On the day when he became the son-in-law, he must clean up this maid so that she can see how powerful he is. Zhou Qihui couldn't help laughing when he thought of how the maid and Princess Yuyang obeyed.

"You go out first." Princess Yuyang said lazily, she seemed to be in a very good mood.

Zhou Qihui thought that the princess still valued him, and slowly loosened his fist.

"The princess asked you to go out, why are you still standing?" The maid frowned and looked at Zhou Qihui, he was stupid and stupid, and she didn't know why the princess kept him.

"What?" Zhou Qihui's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. He looked at the princess, but found that the princess was just looking at him with a smile, and didn't refute the maid's words. He shook his sleeves fiercely and turned around. Left the princess mansion.

"Princess, this person?" The maid made a gesture of wiping her neck.

Birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. Princess Yuyang is not a good person, and someone who can be her personal maid is certainly not a simple role.

"Don't worry about him, this person won't stay for a few days." Princess Yuyang yawned and said, "My princess needs to rest well, and I have to send my prince brother off tomorrow."

When Princess Yuyang said this, she started giggling again.

"Princess, you must be too sad." The maid reminded me.

"This princess is extremely sad and joyful, what do you know?"

……

On the day the crown prince was sent to the imperial mausoleum, it was originally a sunny day but it rained cats and dogs all at once.

The originally neat team was scattered by the heavy rain, even the sad and gloomy atmosphere in the air was washed away by the heavy rain. The sadness came from the people in the capital. The prince and them are just a name , but the name Yidan has really disappeared, and people will still miss it, but this concern cannot stand any test.

After the imperial tomb was closed, Zhang Yanjin and others returned home.

It was just a family with a few cups of tea, and there were rumors among the people that the prince did not die of illness, but was framed by others. The scorching sun and heavy rain were the anger of God.

Zhang Yanjin was not surprised to hear the news brought by General Xiaoliu, but it was just three people becoming tigers.

There is a steep slope on the other side of the imperial mausoleum, which can easily form terrain rain. The soldiers who have been stationed at the imperial mausoleum all year round obviously know about it, because when the funeral procession encounters heavy rain, the imperial mausoleum will come to meet the prince's mausoleum.

Behind this, there must be someone playing tricks.

"General Xiaoliu, how is the Zhou family?" Zhang Yanjin asked.

This week, after the death of the prince, the Zhou family started to stay behind closed doors, recuperating. This style is not like Zhou Qin's style.

"The eldest son of the Zhou family, Zhou Qiye, seems to have gone away. The second young master of the Zhou family is locked in Zhou Qin's study today. Every day, Duke Rui watches his son copy books in the study. He doesn't do anything. Even the government is on leave. .

This week, Zhou Qin was acting with his tail between his legs. He wanted to live in peace, but Zhang Yanjin refused to let him live in peace.

"General Xiaoliu, have you got the transaction details from the Turkic side?" Zhang Yanjin asked Lin Xing to help collect evidence. If there is evidence that this family sold food, grass and weapons to the Turkic, they are not afraid that they will escape.

Now the Turkic people at the frontier are eyeing them. If there is not enough food in winter, the Turkic Khan cannot feed so many soldiers. However, the news brought by General Xiaoliu is that the Turks are stationed at a place less than eighty miles away from the frontier. The military situation, I am afraid that the Turkic people will have a change.

"There is news, but something unexpected happened." General Xiaoliu said, this time he went to the Turkic rear to find out about the military situation, but met Lin Xing by accident, which made him come to the capital this time.

Originally, he was only here to report the military situation at the border to the emperor and the general, but now the general asked him not to show up for the time being, just to prevent agitating others.

"What accident?" Zhang Yanjin asked.

"The person who traded grain and military supplies with the Turkic people was a high-ranking official surnamed Chen. However, according to the Turkic people, this high-ranking official surnamed Chen seems to have a high position. , transported to the army, and then sold the high-quality grain and grass to the Turkic people." General Xiaoliu explained his guesses one by one.

"Show me the list and details." The aristocratic family has always been responsible for the transport of grain and private salt by the imperial court, and as far as Zhang Yanjin knew, it was Chen Guogong who transported the grain and grass.

Chen Guoping's temper was a little grumpy, but it was beyond Zhang Yanjin's expectation that this person dared to do such a traitorous thing.

The emperor used benefits and resources to win over the family, but planted a time bomb for himself. If the bomb is not dismantled, not only the emperor, but also Zhang Yanjin, Zhang Zhongqian and others will not be able to survive.

In the imperial palace, Li Yuyi has not been out of the palace since the crown prince passed away. The emperor ordered him to check every corner of the palace, especially the emperor's study room and bedroom. Every corner and every item has to be checked three times a day .

Even if Li Yuyi persuaded the emperor that the blood pearls were only three, the emperor was still worried. After one month passed, the emperor still didn't find anything when he saw Li Yuyi. went home.

Li Yuyi looked at the flow of people outside the palace, and then looked back at the palace. He sighed deeply. If he hadn't been able to recognize the blood pearl, the emperor might have spared his life, and let him pass the past. Alright.

In the court hall, the emperor said with a tired face: "If there is something to announce, there is nothing to leave the court."

The voice was indescribably tired. The matter of the crown prince made the emperor look ten years older for a while. Originally, the emperor saw that the crown prince was recovering, so he intended to let the crown prince participate in politics so that he could inherit the rule as soon as possible. Now that the crown prince has gone, yes The emperor's blow is not insignificant.

In addition to being a father, the emperor had high hopes for the prince. The prince's talent and ability were valued by the emperor. Now that the trust is gone, the emperor's mind is naturally a little bit broken.

And these are officially what someone is looking forward to.

Zhang Yanjin saw that the emperor had no intention of governing the government. In recent days, few ministers dared to take part in the official affairs that the court has squeezed. He stepped forward and said, "I have something to announce."

"What's Ai Qing so-called?"

"I have a twist, but it is about the smuggling of grain and grass. A few days ago, I accidentally heard that the situation at the border was tense, and our army was short of food and grass, so I kept my mind on it. Later, I found that things were not simple." Zhang Yanjin said.

"Present." The emperor frowned.

This Turkic person will take advantage of loopholes. Is my heart soft when I think of Da Wei's kindness?

After all, the emperor is the emperor, no matter how much he immerses himself in the pain of bereavement, national affairs always come first.

"Chen Panhua, come out and explain!" The emperor threw the book on the ground and said to the people below.

This brochure lists Chen Guogong's ten crimes, all of which are well-founded and every word is heart-wrenching.

Tremblingly, Chen Guogong picked up the booklet thrown by the emperor on the ground, he just glanced at it, and then passed out.

Who sold his Chen family so thoroughly that he put all the crimes on his head.

"Come here, pour water on him to wake him up." The emperor said angrily.

If you want to play dead with me, this trick won't work.

Chen Guoping is the most glib day, he does things like a loach, he can get some benefits from anything, and he can get a name if he doesn't do anything. Originally, the emperor kept him just to prevent the family from being monopolized. Damn, now Chen Panhua is about to sell his country to others, how can the emperor bear it.

No matter how good the chess piece is, if it is a dark chess piece, it cannot be kept.

"Your Majesty, this Chen Guogong is older, let the imperial doctor take a look." Liu Yanshi, the imperial envoy doctor, stepped forward to persuade him.

"No need, since you all feel sorry for Chen Guogong, just ask him to go out there," the emperor laughed angrily, and these ministers kept saying that they would do their best for Wei and be loyal to him. My little selfishness.

Except for Zhang Yanjin, it wasn't the first or two days that the emperor valued Zhang Yanjin. Originally, the matter of the prince made the emperor wary of this person, but Zhang Yanjin was able to eliminate harm for the Great Wei today. This alone made the emperor change his mind.

Chen Guogong was dragged out, the emperor's request was not to carry the big sedan chair, but to take Chen Guogong into custody.

Zhang Yanjin's actions in court reached Duke Rui Zhou Qin's ears and gave him a sudden blow.That's when I started to react.

If he didn't find a way out, he might be just like Chen Guogong, who was imprisoned by the emperor just because of Yanjin's three or two words.

Only Zhang Yanjin, the emperor and Chen Guogong had seen the contents of the notebook that the emperor threw on the ground. The other ministers were curious and did not dare to take the emperor's notebook.

If he took the emperor's note, it means that he has a clear intention to usurp the throne and seize power.

But about half a day later, the emperor ordered people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment to raid Chen Guogong's house, and all men, women and children were detained.

"Why does the Duke have time to come to my princess mansion today?" Princess Yuyang asked casually, playing with the exquisite fan in her hand.

It seemed that the person standing at the door was not the famous Rui Guogong, but an ordinary citizen.

Zhou Qin naturally knew that this small princess was not as easy to deal with as she looked, he smiled and said: "Princess Yuyang, Ming people don't talk dark words, since you and I are on the same boat, then my Zhou family must be With the strength of the whole family, he will steer the front for you."

Zhou Qihui revealed to Princess Yuyang everything he knew about the Duke of Ruiguo's mansion. Now, Zhou Qin's act of throwing himself into a trap is undoubtedly not a big piece of fat for Princess Yuyang.

"Yuyang doesn't dare to take the words of the Duke of the state. How dare I ask you to punting the boat. I am just a small boat, but I can't afford you, a big Buddha." Princess Yuyang didn't give Zhou Qin any face. The position of prince is vacant, and the one who can compete with his younger brother King Wei will never be the well-developed, simple-minded King Zhao. Looking at the world, only King Jin can match the arm of their brothers and sisters.

Princess Yuyang has this self-confidence. King Wei is definitely the crown prince. With her methods and abilities, there are quite a lot of small fish and shrimps delivered to her door these days.

Now that a big fish came here, Princess Yuyang really didn't want to take the bait anymore.

Those who wish will take the bait, and those who are able will live there.

"The small boat is too crowded. The princess and King Wei might as well change to a bigger boat. Now that someone fell into the water, the vacant space is just right."

Zhou Qin's words were somewhat disrespectful, but Princess Yuyang felt very comfortable hearing them.

"Okay, I'll let you try, but the person who pushed people into the water probably needs the help of an adult, so push them down together." Princess Yuyang laughed.

It seemed that what she just said was not a murder, but a joke.

"Yes, the old minister will leave first." Zhou Qin didn't enter the door of the hall from the beginning to the end. Princess Yuyang wanted to show her off and he followed. Zhou Qin thought that Princess Yuyang would want to know some news, but it was. Didn't want to ask him to deal with a person.

The meaning of Princess Yuyang's test is already obvious. If the Zhou family does not accept it, sooner or later they will carry Princess Yuyang to death. If they don't go into the water with Princess Yuyang, let's see who can survive to the end.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qin accumulated a lot of disappointment with his second son.

The author has something to say: Locked in a dark room and can’t get out, I’m a bit busy these days, so I can only update at night, and it will resume at 12 o’clock next month, and it’s almost over