It's not good to be a courtier

Murong Qi walked out of the station with a serious face and murderous intent in his eyes, "Did Feng Zhang find it?"

Huan Tan said: "The entire northern border is blocked, and it is very inconvenient for our people to move. It is easy for Feng Zhang to hide in the northern border. Today's matter is already dangerous. If Your Highness makes a big move again, the suspicion between General Feng and His Highness will be severed." will go deeper."

Murong Qi pursed his lips and remained silent. He was just a Feng Jin, and he could say that to himself. If Feng Zhang really...then the same thing happened back then, and Feng Zhang must not stay!

In the small courtyard in Yungui Town, Feng Zhang propped his forehead with one hand and covered his book of war. A man in black hurried in from the door, knelt down and said, "I just got the news that Feng Jin has completed the task."

"Oh?" Feng Zhang slowly opened his eyes, "He has been closer to Yan'er since he was a child, and now I can only fulfill his wish. His Highness the Eighteenth has returned to Beijing?"

"Let's go this morning, but Huan Tan didn't leave."

Feng Zhang smiled lightly, "This is a surprise. Yan'er has always had a great influence on him, and it saved me a lot of work. Let's go get ready."

On the day when Murong Qi carried the coffin into Beijing, the main road in Kyoto was crowded with crowds of onlookers. The entire capital city was filled with white flags, and all the people wept bitterly.Murong Qi was sitting in the carriage wrapped in white cloth, his eyes were pitiful.Countless people stopped in front of his car, and the scene got out of control for a moment.The car drove to a place two miles away from the palace gate, and a phoenix sedan chair on the opposite side was slowly approaching. Murong Qi raised his eyes and met Shang Yi's cold face. Blocked to twenty steps away.Concubine Yi slowly stepped down from the phoenix sedan chair, taking every step, every pause and every tear, she passed Murong Qi, walked straight to the dark coffin, threw herself on it, and cried bitterly: "My son is inside Is my son in there? My son..."

Xin Xin walked over and said sadly, "Your Majesty, if you cry like this again, your body will not be able to bear it. His Highness the Sixth Highness entrusted her with a dream to tell her that he died unjustly. It was just a dream after all."

"My son, my miserable son, you have always been in good health, why did you suddenly die suddenly? If you really have any grievances, tell my mother, even if my mother risked her life, she will also seek revenge for you. Return to justice." Concubine Yi couldn't help crying, and suddenly the coffin resting firmly on the car shook, Concubine Yi was so frightened that she burst into tears immediately, "My son..."

Murong Qi immediately said urgently in a hoarse voice: "Eighteen escorted my elder brother back to Beijing, and the journey was peaceful. Now when my elder brother sees the concubine, there will be miracles. Is it because my elder brother misses my mother too much or there is indeed a grievance in his heart? I also ask the empress to look into it!"

Concubine Yi's eyes were heavy, and a cold light flashed in her eyes. She quickly lifted Concubine Yi from the coffin, and persuaded: "Mother, mothers should grieve for their children, otherwise how can we let the children who have passed away feel at ease? , let His Highness go back to the palace to stop the spirit first."

Concubine Yi looked overly sad, let Xin Xin support her, sobbed and nodded.Murong Qi walked up to her side and said: "Please get on the sedan chair and go back to the palace, if Sixth Brother sees Your Majesty is so sad, he will feel uneasy down there."

Concubine Yi stared straight at Murong Qi with a pair of cold eyes. Even though she tried her best to suppress it, she couldn't hide her hatred. When she knew that her most beloved brother died at the hands of this 14-year-old boy, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.Now she can't do anything, she mourned: "His Eighteenth Highness has been troublesome all the way," she said, bypassing him and returning to the phoenix sedan chair, the turmoil at the gate of the palace disappeared immediately.

In the evening, when the whole family worshiped for the first time, Murong Qi stood solemnly in the crowd dressed in white, and remained motionless despite frequent glances.After the worship was over, Murong You came over and said, "Eighteenth Brother, did Sixth Brother walk away peacefully?" At that time, there were many people standing behind him, who looked like they were asking questions, but in fact they were so aggressive that they seemed to be asking for crimes.

Murong Qi didn't look sideways and said indifferently: "When the great sacrifice ceremony came to enshrine the sixth brother, the third brother was not there. The eighteenth brother stayed by the side all the time, and the sixth brother's brows and eyes were very calm. You also saw it during the great sacrifice."

"Your Highness walked very peacefully," said the high priest with white eyebrows and white beard, without raising his eyes, he picked up the sandalwood powder beside him and threw it into the brazier.After he was encoffined, Emperor Renhe also asked him this question.He has been in the center of power for too long. From the first emperor to now, he is familiar with all tricks, and he no longer wants to get involved.

Murong You was stunned for a moment, the great sacrificial ceremony was always fair, so Murong Di didn't die at the hands of Murong Qi as rumored outside?He said sadly: "Since that's the case, I, the older brother, can rest assured. At that time, Dan'er and Wei brother were always close, but now that we are separated forever, Wei brother really feels uncomfortable."

"Third Brother, I am sorry for the change," Murong Qi mourned, cupped his hands in a salute, and stepped aside.In the evening, when Murong Qi returned to Ziguang Hall, Fu'er came up to remove the heavy mourning clothes for him, leaving only a layer of white mourning clothes inside.Murong Qi took a sip of the hot tea he handed over, closed his eyes and rested his mind, his eyes were black and blue, he looked very tired.

Fu'er carefully picked up the teacup and put it on the table, and said softly: "The cardinal sent a message, saying that they found a trace, please His Highness's order."

Murong Qi rubbed the center of his eyebrows, he hadn't slept for several days, the left side of his head was always hurting badly.Feng Yan's sad expression was still deeply reflected in his mind, and the words of reproach in his hoarse voice still lingered, "It was because I didn't see your true face and worked with you, bringing disaster to the north and the Feng family", Murong Qi Feeling depressed, the teacup in his hand was crushed due to too much force, and the brown tea dripped on the hem.

Fu'er hurriedly stepped forward to take the broken pieces of porcelain, wiped Murong Qi's palm carefully with a cloth towel, and said regretfully: "Your Highness, don't make things difficult for yourself, General Feng will definitely understand His Highness's difficulties."

"One Feng Jin, he can speak ill of me," Murong Qi said with heavy eyes, and raised his eyes to look out of the window. The east was white, and after a long time, he finally said: "Kill!"

Fu'er was slightly taken aback. At that time, he couldn't explain what the momentary hesitation was, but he felt that His Highness was too risky to kill Feng Zhang under General Feng's nose. Once discovered, the consequences would be disastrous.However, he only paused briefly before going down to convey the order.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Emperor Renhe was rarely awake. He slowly opened his cloudy eyes and asked in a low voice, "Have all the arrangements been made?"

The chief inspector leaned into his ear and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything has been properly arranged."

"Although Feng Zhang has deep plans, he is not as good as eighteen. I don't worry," Emperor Renhe said after a breath, "I don't want to die, but I don't want to die."

The chief inspector bowed his head, his eyes under the gray eyebrows were stained with sadness, and he sighed deeply: "Your Majesty..."

After lunch, Emperor Renhe went to bed, and the inner eunuch went to fetch the elixir from His Majesty's special elixir room as usual, and the four inner eunuchs went there together. so.He opened the door to enter, closed the door again, and walked to the side of the medicine shelf.Behind the pill shelf, a young man in gray stood with his hands behind his back.While searching for the elixir, the chief inspector said slowly, "Your Majesty has already decided that General Feng cannot keep it."

"When and where?" The gray-clothed boy's eyes narrowed tightly, and there was a hint of anxiety in his calm and introverted demeanor.

"Your Majesty has already run out of fuel, and there are not a few days to delay," the chief inspector sighed. "It's only been about two months, and the northern border has been properly arranged, just waiting..."

The gray-clothed boy exuded an overwhelming power, his eyes were cold, and he said indifferently: "I know, my lord." After speaking, he turned and left.

The chief inspector stared blankly at his leaving back, his every frown and movement was simply a copy of the late emperor.The Great Inner Supervisor sighed, and said to himself, "Your Majesty, this slave has made his own decisions."

In the hinterland of the Shumu River, a dozen ragged people were huddled behind a boulder. A group of black-clothed men galloped over from a distance, and when they got close, the leader signaled to stop, got off his horse and looked around.In the midst of this silence, the dozen or so people behind the boulder tightly covered their mouths, not even daring to breathe.The man in black looked at the messy pace, and his direction was very chaotic. His phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. Just as he was about to mount his horse, there was some noise from behind the abrupt boulder. He immediately signaled vigilance, and the men in black behind him divided into two teams Outflanking them from the side, there was a burst of wailing for a while, and a dozen people were slaughtered in an instant.

The man in black looked around, but he didn't find the person he was looking for. The leading man in black frowned slightly, and said suddenly, "We've been tricked, let's go!" The feathered arrow pierced through the darkness and shot straight at the men in black.The men in black were frightened and were about to flee, surrounded by flames, hundreds of bows aimed at them one after another, and the leader was the newly succeeded General of Zhen Guo, Feng Yan.

Feng Yan sat upright on the horse, his eyes fell on the leader in black, he pursed his lips tightly, and his lower jaw showed a cold and hard aura.Some soldiers had already gone to check on the slaughtered people, and after a while they said in surprise: "Report to the general, all those killed are the personal guards of the major general!"

Feng Yan dismounted, walked up to the leader in black with a long sword in his hand, and asked coldly, "Where is my elder brother?"

The man in black looked back at him calmly, as if he didn't notice his anger at all, he pursed his lips and remained silent.Feng Yan was furious, and raised his sword across the neck of the man in black, "Where is my elder brother?"

"General, there are still people alive here, he seems to know something!" Someone shouted from a distance.

Feng Yan turned around quickly, and the man in black suddenly grabbed him and said, "You have to be careful!" People, those people nodded calmly.

"Save... Major General, Major General is here..." There was a long scar on the man's chest, and blood kept gushing out, "Here..." The man's voice became weaker and weaker, Feng Yan turned sideways, the man barely After saying two words, he died.

Feng Yan stood up and shouted: "All rush to Yungui..." The last thing the man said was Yungui, Feng Yan was puzzled as to why it was Yungui, but he couldn't ignore this hard-earned clue.

"No, they want to run!" Flames rose in the arena, and mist lingered.A cold light flashed in Feng Yan's eyes, and he said decisively: "Fire the arrow!" The next moment, the bow and arrow battalion fired all the arrows.Feng Yan looked at the field silently, he and Murong Qi still came to this step.

Liu Rong was not notified of his actions at night, so he didn't even eat at night, lying in the tent and sulking.He knew that Feng Yan was very tense in order to find out about the general and Feng Zhang.Since he brought back Feng Jin's body, his whole person has changed.He avoided himself in all his actions. He thought that this matter must be related to His Highness the Eighteenth Prince, so he wanted to ask a few hidden guards about the situation, but he found none of them after wandering around the camp for a long time.What's the situation, the Eighteenth Highness has withdrawn everyone?That can't be, could it be that Feng Yan eliminated these people!He vaguely felt that Feng Yan seemed to be hiding something from him, and it was still very important.As he was thinking about it, the lights in the tent flickered and suddenly went out.

He jumped up from the bed immediately, but was pinned down by an even faster shadow. Liu Rong had already pulled out half of the long sword and said sharply, "Who!"

The black figure coughed, and the smell of blood came to his face, "It's me!"

Lian Zhu?Liu Rong immediately let go of the hilt of his sword, and wanted to light a candle, but Lian Zhu grabbed him, Liu Rong supported him, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"

"It's too late to explain," Lian Zhu gasped, "General Feng is in danger! Once Feng Zhang returns to the Northern Guard Camp, he will definitely seize the position of General and frame General Feng for attacking and killing General Feng. Definitely, we must stop Feng. Zhang Hui...cough, cough, cough!" In the darkness, Lian Zhu coughed heart-rendingly, and his stomach kept churning.

"What are you talking about, General Feng Zhang, how is it possible?" Liu Rong said incredulously, "General Feng Zhang is the great general's brother!"

"The first general passed the position of general to General Feng," Lian Zhu argued, "you believe me, if..." What Lian Zhu wanted to say, the lights outside the camp were brightly lit, and the letter soldiers shouted loudly in the camp: "The major general is back, the major general is back."

Lian Zhu paused, and suddenly lost strength, Liu Lin supported him, and Lian Zhu suddenly said: "If anything happens to me, you..."

"Lian Zhu, don't talk nonsense, I'll take care of you!" Liu Yu stopped him, and the uneasiness caused by Feng Yan's sudden change in attitude was getting bigger and bigger, and he was sure that there were many things he didn't know about. , And it is these ignorance that push the situation into an uncontrollable situation.With Feng Zhang's return to the camp, the Beiwei camp was slowly overwhelmed by all kinds of rumors.

Liu Yan stayed outside the main tent for two full hours, and finally waited until Feng Yan came out with a blank expression on his face. Liu Ying hurriedly went up to meet him and worried, "How is it?"

"Brother's injury is not serious, but the whole person looks very tired," Feng Yan said lightly, raising his hand to wipe his face, Liu Wei followed behind him, the two walked for a long time, Feng Yan was extremely tired: "Brother said After reviewing some details of the time, he was sure that the person who attacked him was Murong Qi. At that time, he was only a hundred miles away from his father. If Murong Qi attacked him, in terms of time, my father would also...you think I should... believe it ?"

Liu Xing was silent, if he didn't know Lian Zhu or Murong Qi, he would say without hesitation why he didn't believe it, Bei Jing was a supporter of the sixth prince, since he couldn't fight for it, he could only attack him.But now he didn't know how to answer, so he avoided the important point and said lightly: "You taught him, you should know it very well."

"Yeah," Feng Yan sighed, "Because I know him well, I don't even have the slightest chance of trusting him." This is too much like his style, clean and tidy, without leaving any room for it.

Liu Wei was at a loss for what to say, Feng Yan turned his head and slapped him on the shoulder, "Thanks to you for the past few years. Yesterday, I sent your military registration back to the Eastern Border, and this meeting should be coming soon."

Liu Xie's face changed, "What are you doing, you really want to hand over the northern border to...disregarding your father's wishes."

Feng Yan smiled faintly, "I have my last resort, and I have to do it."

Emperor Renhe had been ill for almost four months. Every morning, Murong Qi would come to the Taiji Hall to attend to his sickness, and today is also the same as usual.When he entered the hall, he met Murong You coming out of the hall.Murong Qi saluted lightly, Murong You twitched the corners of his lips, and said casually: "I heard that the northern border is very turbulent now, Feng Zhang returned to the Northern Guards to succeed the general. Feng Yan was suspected of killing Xianda General, his whereabouts are unknown now."

Murong Qi stared straight ahead, his face remained unchanged, he seemed not interested in it, took two steps, he seemed to think of something and stopped and said: "Third brother always has a long-term vision, I heard that the messenger who congratulated General Feng Zhang had already arrived Went to the capital." After speaking slowly into the hall, Murong You's expression changed drastically, and he watched Murong Qi's back disappear in the hall coldly, then flung his sleeves and left.

It was already noon when we returned to the Ziguang Hall, Murong Qi slowly entered the hall, there was no one in the hall, it was completely silent.He sat on the table, and fell into silence like a wooden sculpture. Feng Yan has been missing for thirteen days. Waves of people have been sent out. So far, there is no news at all.

Fu'er came in with food, three jade plates, each jade butterfly only put a little food, Murong Qi frowned and said: "Take it, I'm not hungry!"

"Your Highness, eat something at least. If you collapse, who will come to find General Feng," Fu'er advised.

"He didn't believe me, so he gave the northern border to Feng Zhang," Murong Qi rubbed his eyebrows, his tone full of loneliness, "He has nowhere to go, where will he go?"

Fu'er thought for a while, "Master Duan is back, and he is returning to Tai Chi Hall now, do you want to?"

Murong Qi immediately came to his senses, "Go and make arrangements!"

Duan Liyi stood quietly outside the hall, looking at the sun-drenched ground below the steps, the chief eunuch came out of the Tai Chi Hall, bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty said he's gone, Mr. Duan, go back."

Duan Liyi clasped his hands in salute, turned around and was about to leave, the eunuch raised his eyelids lightly, gave him a light look and said softly: "Your Majesty will never forget the achievements of Lord Duan, Lord Duan, don't worry."

"My lord," Duan Liyi said hastily, the eunuch looked at him again, his cloudy eyes moved, he turned and entered the hall without speaking.

In Kyoto in April, the coldness in the northern border was swept away, and the sun was shining on him warmly. He suddenly thought of that windy night. At that time, Feng Yan had just left the Northern Guard Camp after handing over, and there was no one in the northern border to see him off.When he blocked Feng Yan's way, Feng Yan looked back calmly, as if he was not surprised or flustered by his appearance.

Duan Liyi didn't know how far he and Murong Qi had come, but the two of them seemed to have been together for many years, and they tacitly kept others from getting in, and this kind of intrusion made him jealous.

Duan Liyi said: "His Royal Highness asked me to tell the general that he and the general will never be in love with each other from now on, and he will not interfere with the affairs of the northern border."

Feng Yan stood quietly on the slope, like a green pine and a strong bamboo, which made people's eyes warm.Feng Yan has the capital to let Murong Qi never forget, he is gentle and introverted, his heart is full of brilliance, bright as the bright moon, and scorching like the sun, but why is it him.He said, "Feng Yan thanked Your Highness."

"That's good, I've already brought your Highness's words," Duan Liyi said with a warm smile on his face, "From now on, the mountains and rivers will last forever, and General Feng will cherish them."

Feng Yan was not surprised at all, turned his back and did not speak.How did I do it? I pierced the long sword into his chest from behind him, and said in a ghostly voice: "Your Highness has an order. If you meet Feng Yan, you don't need to ask for orders. Kill him immediately!" The long sword hangs down, and the splashed blood drips onto the withered grass, a few drops at first, but then trickles, and is swallowed up by the ground in an instant.

Feng Yan didn't turn around, and knelt down on the ground without strength, still frankly said: "Feng Yan thank Your Highness for your kindness!" It seemed that it was not going to death, but liberation.Duan Liyi watched his body slowly roll down the hillside and fell into the bottomless abyss, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He slightly raised his head to look at the blazing sun, a young eunuch stood before the steps, bowed and said softly: "His Royal Highness summoned Lord Duan..."

Duan Liyi pulled out a silent smile, turned and stepped into the hall, leaving the gorgeous sunshine behind him.From then on, only Duan Liyi was with him, and Feng Yan was no longer with him.