I have a book to play

Something happened in the palace.

This is the unanimous opinion of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, regardless of whether they had celebrated the emperor's birthday in the palace the night before.

Inside and outside the capital, even the people who were lively and jubilant the night before knew that something happened in the palace.I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter.

Grand Master Sun is the humerus of the country, at this age, logically, he shouldn't stay overnight on his birthday and return home until dawn.

When the Sun Manor's carriage returned to the mansion, the old man came back with an ugly face in the streets and alleys, and the servants who had been ordered to come out to inquire about the situation of the Sun Mansion, saw the faces of the Sun's father and son, and ran back in a hurry, hurrying to explain the situation. Describe it to the host.

As soon as Master Sun returned to the mansion, he took the sons behind him and went straight back to the study.

After Sun Peng washed up, he went to pay his respects to his grandmother first, and rushed to the study under the instructions of the two aunts and aunts.

Sun Peng had a fuss in his dream last night. When he woke up, he was not in a good mood, but when he heard that something happened in the palace, he couldn't let go. Not on him.

When they got outside the study room, the servants who served the elders stood far away, and there were guards guarding with knives to prevent the walls from having ears.

Seeing this scene, Sun Peng's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

It is completely different from the previous life!

He entrusted someone to report, and waited until the old man's voice of consent came from the study, then he took a deep breath, opened the door and walked inside.

Inside the house, the father and the two uncles were there, their faces were sinking like water, and they were holding teacups, but no one bowed their heads to drink the tea.

Thinking about how to speak, Sun Peng lowered his head and said hello first, then hesitantly said: "Grandfather, something happened in the palace?"

The old man lowered his eyes: "Yes."

Sun Peng asked in a low voice: "Qilang dares to ask grandfather to tell me what happened in the palace last night?"

Emperor Xihe now has only an adult son, Xie Zhang, and he has already been appointed as the crown prince. Obviously, there is no such thing as forcing the palace.

And the princes left the capital early, and when they returned to the capital to celebrate their birthday, they brought less than a thousand troops, so they couldn't do much.

Then what can happen in the palace... What will it be?

The old man's face became serious, but he still didn't say a word.

Sun Peng didn't dare to ask any more, and immediately turned to look at his father and two uncles.

Although the two uncles held positions in the palace, they were not in particularly important positions, except for their father.Sun Peng looked at him, his heart sank little by little.

Sun Junliang held the teacup in Sun Junliang's hand for a long time, until it had completely lost its temperature, so he changed his hand and put it down: "Qilang."

"My son is here."

"Do you still remember that in the study that day, you said that the prince set up a prostitution temple privately, and kidnapped young girls for people's pleasure?"

"I remember."

Sun Junliang nodded: "There was indeed an accident in the palace last night, and it was the prince's fault."

Sun Peng slowly opened his eyes wide, and there was a voice in his heart that was about to roar out. He heard himself open his mouth and asked word by word: "But the prince's evil deeds have been known by His Majesty?"

After his words fell, the study room fell silent for a while.The eyes of the father and son all fell on him.

Sun Junliang clenched his fist and turned to look at Mrs. Sun.

In fact, at the moment when the accident happened in the palace, the first thing that came to their minds was worrying about whether Qilang was eager for quick success, and in order to deal with the prince, he did not discuss with them and acted on his own initiative.

But seeing Qilang's expression at this moment, it is clear that he has just learned about it.

The old man and Sun Junliang looked at each other, then called Sun Peng in front of him and said, "Qilang, you have to remember to take good care of Erniang every moment in the East Palace."

"Qilang knows." Sun Peng said, "Grandfather, it was the prince who set up a prostitution temple..."

"The statues paraded into the palace during the day, and were sent out of the palace at Shenshi. Only a statue of Avalokitesvara held by a monk was left in the palace."

Aquarius... Avalokitesvara?

Sun Peng's brows gradually frowned.

"The Aquarius Avalokitesvara statue is so ingeniously made that it is not affordable for ordinary temples. When it came time to celebrate the birthday, the Aquarius Avalokitesvara statue was brought up by Shang Shuling and the young lady of the Wang family."

After the old lady finished speaking, Sun Junliang continued: "It's just that I didn't expect that after the young lady of the Wang family showed the Avalokitesvara statue in her hand, the servant who took over accidentally smashed the Avalokitesvara statue."

Da Chu's current Shangshu Ling Wang Youzhi is the uncle of Queen Wang and the right-hand man of Emperor Xihe, and is extremely important to the Queen Mother.

Back then, it was also this lord who made the Empress Dowager, because of a word from the monk, not hesitate to send Xie Chen, who had little talent and learning, and did not miss anything, into the ancient temple in the deep mountain, and became a monk.

Before the Empress Yuan was abolished, everyone knew that the Pei family was a foreign relative, but in the first year of Yifeng, that is, the year Xie Chen became a monk, the Pei family was guilty of living. Because the Pei family had made great contributions to the court, the death penalty could be exonerated. Unable to escape the crime of living, Hefu was exiled to Xizhou.

Afterwards, the royal concubine Wang Yanjun became the successor, and the Wang family immediately jumped from a courtier to an unrivaled relative.

Over the years, the memorials to impeach the domineering relatives have never stopped, and sometimes they were even placed in front of Emperor Xihe like snowflakes, but that one never seemed to want to punish them.

Regardless of whether it was the previous life or the present life, Sun Peng felt that if anything happened to the Wang family, it seemed that it would only bring bad luck to others. Xihe Emperor seemed to have made up his mind to protect the Wang family without principle.

But this time...

"What happened after the Avalokitesvara statue was smashed?"

The second uncle Sun Junyu took over the words at this time: "After the Avalokitesvara statue was smashed, a volume fell out of the cracked Avalokitesvara rosette. The servant who accidentally knocked over the Avalokitesvara statue knelt on the ground and kowtowed. When I picked up a life-saving straw, I held it and begged for mercy."

Sun Peng thought for a while, and knew that there was no such thing in his previous life, so he had no choice but to continue to ask: "What is the thing that fell out?"

"It's a blood book."

With a low voice, Sun Junliang looked at Sun Peng and said, "That's a blood book."

Ordinary people would hide blood books in the Guanyin statue, and who would know that this Aquarius Guanyin statue is so exquisitely crafted that there is a mystery hidden inside it.

Come to think of it, the Wang family didn't know there would be such a situation.

When the volume was taken over by Xihe Emperor's servants and presented it with both hands, Sun Junliang clearly remembered that the faces of the Wang family who were present at that time were a little ugly.

Although they still don't know what's in there, they are undoubtedly nervous.

"At the birthday banquet yesterday, Concubine Xian, who was the head of the four concubines, was seated on the right side of His Majesty when she entered the palace one after another with the sisters of Empress Dowager. After seeing His Majesty unfolding the blood book, she exclaimed the word 'blood book' on the spot. So much so that everyone at the banquet knew that the Avalokitesvara statue presented by the Wang family contained a blood book that was obviously intentional. Although the queen and the queen spoke out to comfort your majesty, it was too late."

Sun Peng didn't know what to say for a moment.

He remembered Concubine Xian.Concubine Xian and Empress Yuan are direct sisters born of the same mother. The two sisters married into the palace one after another. It is not an anecdote in the court.When the Pei family had an accident, it seemed that everyone was involved. When they were exiled in Xizhou, the Pei family's mansion in the capital was empty.

Only this virtuous concubine... I heard from Sun Xian that when the Pei family had an accident, the virtuous concubine was just a childless concubine without much favor.But after that, the virtuous concubine became a virtuous concubine, and also the only person in the entire Pei family who was not implicated.

And everyone said that the Pei family's crimes were most likely caused by the Wang family.Thinking about it, it was not by accident that Concubine Xian lost her composure under such circumstances.

The old man looked up at Sun Peng.

The Sun family has not had many grandchildren in their life.Only this one, but he abandoned literature and pursued martial arts wholeheartedly, and followed a completely different path from the Sun family.Although the Sun family had a close relationship with the Eastern Palace, they always valued Xie Zhang, so naturally many things would not be discussed with Qilang who worked in the Eastern Palace.

However, since that day in the study room, if the child seemed timid but was actually bold, the old man knew that this was the flesh and blood of the Sun family.

This is a kid with big ideas.

"The bloody book, written in blood and tears, said that my cousin who was betrothed to me was washing clothes by the river, and was robbed by a group of people on horseback in front of a village woman who was doing laundry together. , and a few girls from the same village. The person who left this blood book also said that he spent a lot of effort to find his cousin, and finally found out about her. When he didn't want to find her, her cousin was dying of illness and was thrown into a mass grave. .This man rescued his cousin and spent all his savings, but he only got a few words from his cousin before she died."

The old man looked at Sun Peng while talking.

"This person said that her cousin told her on her deathbed that they were kidnapped by men with sharp voices. She was locked in a dark room during the day and could hear the sound of chanting outside. At night, she was forced to serve some guests. Do whatever they want, and finally contract a disease that can't be cured. It is said that during a service, they overheard it, and only then did they know that they were locked up in a rural prostitution temple, closed for some dignitaries in the capital For pleasure. And the owner behind this obscene temple is the current crown prince—Xie Zhang."

Sun Peng looked at the old man's old face and sighed deeply.

Hearing his father's question about the obscene temple, he probably guessed that what happened in the palace last night was mostly related to Xie Zhang.But I didn't expect it to be such an accident.

Think of Mrs. Xun who is beside Aunt Feng now, think of the old man hunched over cooking noodles under the old wall, and the man who doesn't know how to stuff blood books into the statue of Guanyin.They were all sins created by Xie Zhang.

"The man who wrote the blood letter took advantage of Jingming Temple's parade of Buddha statues, and the Wang family wanted to carve a vase of Avalokitesvara to the palace. When the city was looking for skilled craftsmen, he sneaked into the Wang family and went to the Avalokitesvara statue with a gambling mentality. Put this blood book in. If there is no careless servant, no one will know the blood book until death."

Seeing that Sun Peng was silent for a long time, the old man coughed and said, "Whether the servant knocked down the Guanyin statue on purpose or not, I'm afraid he can live today, but he may not live until tomorrow. As for the man who wrote the blood book, if someone protects him Fortunately, if not, I'm afraid I will die in Huangquan soon."

Sun Peng was a little puzzled.

The old man suddenly smiled: "Qilang, do you think this whole thing is really so strange?"

Sun Peng's expression froze, but the old man closed his eyes and sighed: "The person behind all this, although he doesn't know his purpose, but the play he arranged for the birthday is extremely exciting."

"grandfather……"

"Qilang, you still have a lot to learn. The art of scheming cannot be considered by a pure heart."

"grandfather……"

"That person's heart is very hard. Two lives, in exchange for a chance to expose the prince's evil deeds to the world. Qilang, you are not as good as him."