Rebirth of Glory and Splendour

When Wei Chongrong was reading the letter, Junhua was flipping through it next to him with a newly edited Lingzhou Mountains and Rivers Chronicle, reading it with gusto.

Don't get me wrong, he didn't want to study mountain terrain, strategy and tactics.He just wanted to see what places in Lingzhou were more interesting, and dragged defender Chongrong around when he was free.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Wei Chongrong read the letter, his whole face changed completely, becoming terrified and unbelievable.

Based on Junhua's understanding of Wei Chongrong, he knows that his personality has always been very calm, he is calm in everything, and he will not panic and panic when encountering some random things.

So he put down the book in his hand and asked with concern: "Brother Rong, what happened? I think you seem to be in a hurry."

Jun Hua faintly guessed that something happened to Wei Zhao, because it seemed that Wei Chongrong would not care about others to such an extent.Only Wei Zhao, the importance in his heart is unique, and no one can replace it.

Wei Chongrong sighed and didn't speak for a long time. He slowly raised his head and stared at Junhua for a moment. Seeing his worried and inexplicable expression, he handed over the note in his hand.

Jun Hua took the note and read the contents above at a glance, he couldn't believe the facts he saw, he opened his mouth several times, but didn't know what to say, the expression on his face was full of bewilderment and incomprehension.

The prince was assassinated, such a thing is unbelievable, let alone it happened at the Longevity Festival banquet.The Longevity Festival Banquet was held in the Hall of Zhengyi, which was the place where the pilgrimage was held on weekdays. The guards were so strict that it was impossible for assassins to sneak in.

Junhua's mind turned a thousand times, and he imagined several possibilities in just a short moment, and then broke them one by one by himself.

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out, and finally asked tentatively: "Brother Rong, how is this possible? Who thinks that his life is too long, and dares to commit an assassination at the Longevity Festival feast? It's too arrogant and bold!"

Wei Chongrong received no more information than Junhua, and the carrier pigeons had limited loads and were easily intercepted. Wei Zhao only told him what happened, but did not describe the details of what happened, so his thoughts were actually the same as those of Junhua. Junhua is about the same.

Assassinating the prince, such a thing cannot be said to be impossible, but the location of the assassination is the Hall of Zhengyi. In addition to making people sigh at the assassin's audacity, it also makes people wonder whether the mastermind behind the scenes has already found a good target, otherwise How dare he do this.

The crown prince is the crown prince, and assassinating the crown prince is a crime of regicide. Whether it succeeds or not, it will implicate the nine clans, and the consequences will be extremely tragic.

After a long silence, Wei Chongrong sighed softly: "Huaixi, I also think this is impossible, but it just happened."

It is not incomprehensible that some people have evil intentions towards Wei Xuan. After all, there is only one crown prince. If Wei Xuan sits on it, his younger brothers will have no chance. Wei Lan and Wei Mao are also princes, so they have unreasonable thoughts It is also possible.

It's just that Wei Xuan is the crown prince who was canonized as the eldest son, no matter how legitimate his name is, if he doesn't make mistakes, neither Wei Lan nor Wei Mao can directly pull him down from the throne of the crown prince.

In the past few years, people in Chaoshang have been talking about the childlessness in the East Palace, but it didn't cause much disturbance.

Wei Xuan did not have a son, but he still had three daughters, which proved that the prince and his wife had no problem with their fertility.Both Wei Xuan and Xie Qiu are still young, so as long as they continue to have children, they will always have a son. This matter is not incomprehensible.

The emperor never took this matter as an embarrassment to the prince, even if the East Palace refused to accept the concubine, he never said a word.

Wei Ming is a generous and benevolent emperor, and he also cares for his children. Wei Xuan is his eldest son, who is most highly regarded by him. He has been trained as a successor since he was a child.

Wei Xuan's temperament is exactly the same as Wei Ming's, and she is also gentle and tolerant. Under the background of Dayan Dynasty's current policy of recuperation and rest, it is very suitable. Regardless of state affairs and family affairs, the father and son are very harmonious, and there are no irreconcilable contradictions .

Therefore, the relationship between their father and son is closer than Wei Su and Wei Ming back then.From everyone's point of view, after hundreds of years, the crown prince's ascension to the throne is a matter of course, and nothing will happen.

Not everyone is looking forward to a smooth transition of imperial power, at least not Wei Lan.If something unexpected happened to Wei Xuan, Wei Lan would be the No. 1 candidate for the position of crown prince since he had no son.

But it is precisely because of this that Wei Lan must be more cautious than anyone else if he wants to attack the prince, because his motives are more sufficient than others, even if he did not do the thing, he must be the first to be investigated The biggest suspect.

Wei Zhao gave too few clues, except for the time, place and the name of the person involved, he did not disclose any information.So Wei Chongrong and Junhua broke their heads and couldn't figure out why, they were just guessing out of thin air.

Jun Hua really couldn't figure it out, so he just stopped thinking about it, and instead asked, "Brother Rong, what do we need to do now? Do you want to tell Lord Shangguan and Gu Tanhua about this?"

Wei Chongrong frowned in thought, and his thick black brows were tightly knit together. Wei Zhao specifically said that Wei Xuan's life was "in danger", which shows that his situation is very pessimistic, and they must prepare for the worst.

After thinking about it for a moment, Wei Chongrong pondered and said: "Father told me this matter in a private message, let's not talk about it with Lord Shangguan, I think he will know soon, Xiao Gu can tell me, let him I have an idea in mind. The most important thing right now is to increase the level of combat readiness in Lingzhou. When there is turmoil in the court, the border is the easiest to be unstable, especially in a newly opened state like Lingzhou, we must be more careful."

Jun Hua nodded knowingly, he already had a sense of proportion in his mind, even if he couldn't help Wei Chongrong with anything, he definitely couldn't cause him any trouble.Seeing that Wei Chongrong still had a look of worry on his face, he said, "Some things are inconvenient to say in a letter. The King of Qin will definitely send someone over soon. Brother Rong, please be calm. Instead of thinking here and there, it's better to wait quietly." News from King Qin."

Wei Chongrong's brows were still furrowed, and he said worriedly: "I'm worried about the prince's brother's injury, and I don't know what's going on, if, if..." He couldn't continue.

When Wei Chongrong first returned to Yujing, there were many people in the palace who didn't like him, not to mention those who treated each other coldly like the late emperor, Wei Lan, and Wei Mao, but the empress dowager and empress who looked polite on their faces, The only one they really accepted was Wei Zhao, and they treated him just out of face.

Only the emperor's uncle, Princess Yuankang, and brothers and sisters Wei Xuan and Wei Kou really accepted him as a person.

Now, Wei Xuan, who has always treated him very well, is seriously injured, but he doesn't know the specific situation. How can Wei Chongrong not be anxious.

Junhua once heard Wei Chongrong talk about Wei Xuan's kindness to him, and hurriedly comforted him: "Auspicious people have their own appearance, His Royal Highness will be safe and well."

Wei Chongrong smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Huaixi, with your good words, I hope that the prince's brother is really safe and sound."

Jun Hua nodded hurriedly, and said in a very firm tone: "It will definitely be like this, Brother Rong, let's stop scaring ourselves, do what we have to do quickly, and don't delay the business."

Wei Chongrong collected his thoughts, and said seriously: "Huaixi, what you said is right, no matter what happens, what should be done must be done. I will go to the camp first, and Xiao Gu will trouble you Go and talk to him." Junhua agreed, and the two went out separately.

Although Wei Chongrong didn't tell anyone about the assassination of Prince Shangguanxuan, his niece Shangguancha is Princess Zhao. All kinds of news about the palace will never be slower than Wei Chongrong, maybe it will be clearer It's all possible.

Wei Chongrong and Shangguanxuan had a tacit understanding, neither of them mentioned what happened in the palace tacitly, but everything they did was planned for the worst possible outcome.

It is still unknown whether Wei Lan will benefit from the assassination of the East Palace, but Shangguanxuan is the parent officer of Lingzhou, and Wei Chongrong is the actual highest military officer. If something goes wrong in Lingzhou during the critical period, the two of them will bear the brunt of it, and no one can escape. Take responsibility.

Two days later, the people sent by Wei Zhao finally arrived at Qingjia. Judging from their speed, they should have changed people along the way without changing horses, otherwise they would have arrived from Yujing in just four days. Qingjia, it was almost impossible.

The leader was Huo Yingying. When she got off the horse, her face was haggard and her hair was messy. Fortunately, she seemed to be in good spirits. As expected, she grew up on horseback.

The few soldiers behind her, although they are all big and three thick men, are not as good as her in terms of state.

"Yingying, why is it you? Where is Xianhan?" Wei Chongrong was shocked when he saw Huo Yingying. He thought that Wei Zhao would take advantage of the opportunity to send Tuoba Xianhan back. Unexpectedly, when he didn't come, it was Huo Yingying.

Huo Yingying brushed her messy hair casually, opened her mouth and said, "My lord, is there anything to eat? I ate five dry steamed buns in four days, and I'm almost starving to death."

No matter how anxious Wei Chongrong wanted to ask about the situation, seeing Huo Yingying's appearance, he couldn't bear to treat her harshly, so he hurriedly asked someone to prepare food.Jun Hua didn't need Huo Yingying to speak, and directly brought her a large cup of hot water.

Huo Yingying took the cup, gulped down half of it, Fang said: "The prince left Xianhan in the capital, and said that he had to do some things that I couldn't do, so I was sent to report. "

Taking advantage of their greetings, Junhua sent out all Huo Yingying's soldiers and servants in the house.

Seeing that the clearing was over, Wei Chongrong immediately asked, "How is the prince's condition? Is the injury serious? Is his life in danger?"

Huo Yingying shook her head, with a serious expression on her face: "Not good, very bad. At that time, the assassin was very close to His Highness, and the attack was unexpected, and the sharp hairpin hit His Highness's vitals directly. What's worse, the hairpin was wiped with It's poisonous, the imperial doctors are helpless, they don't know what to do. Fortunately, Lu Wang Neijun was present, if he hadn't acted in time, His Royal Highness would have died at that time. If so, His Highness's situation is also precarious , I heard King Lu Neijun tell the lord that if His Highness is a martial artist and has deep inner strength to protect himself, he is [-]% sure to save his life, but it's a pity..."

Jun Hua silently listened to Huo Yingying's story about what happened at the Wanshou Festival banquet, but she was thinking in her heart that no matter how unexpected she was, if the crown prince had Wei Chongrong's skills, he might not have been assassinated at all.

But he thought about it again, when Wei Chongrong still fell into Wei Mao's hands, it can be seen that the words cannot be too deadly, and it depends on the identity of the assassin.

Wei Chongrong listened to Huo Yingying's words, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. What does it mean that "the assassin is very close to His Highness", what do the guards in the palace do? They all asked the assassin to touch the prince, and they were ignorant. Not what waste is.

He was about to open his mouth to raise his doubts, when there was a sound of notification from outside, it turned out that the kitchen had prepared the food and brought it over.There was no one waiting in the room, so Junhua went to open the door himself, and brought in four dishes and one soup.

"You eat first, and you can answer my questions while eating." Seeing Huo Yingying standing still, Wei Chongrong quickly added a sentence, and then said: "Who is an assassin? How could he get close so easily?" Prince?"

Huo Yingying had just ladled the soup into a bowl, when she heard Wei Chongrong's question, she raised her head and said, "The assassin is an envoy from South Vietnam, sent by Princess Yunmeng and his wife to present His Majesty's birthday."

Before she finished speaking, Wei Chongrong hurriedly shouted: "This is impossible!" The others were just fine, Wei Kou and Wei Xuan were siblings since they were young, why should she do this to him.

What's more, Wei Kou is still a princess married to a foreign country. She is the crown prince of South Vietnam and the future queen.Among the countries around Dayan, Nanyue is considered the most obedient. Dayan has been founded for nearly 300 years, and has never caused any troubles.

If it wasn't so, how could Wei Ming, who has always loved his daughter so much, agree to the proposal of marriage to Princess Yunmeng by Ruan Shao, the crown prince of Nanyue, because of the good relationship between the two countries, knowing that Wei Kou would not suffer a loss if he married.

Wei Kou is Wei Ming's only daughter, she has been doted on since she was a child, no one in South Vietnam would dare to belittle her when Wei Ming was in power for a day.If Wei Ming is gone in the future, Wei Xuan will be Wei Kou's biggest backer, and her status will still be detached.

In terms of emotion and reason, Princess Yunmeng has no reason to deal with the crown prince. She is a daughter and has nothing to do with the throne. The three princes are all her brothers and sisters, so it doesn't matter who takes the throne.

If it is necessary to compare intimacy, Wei Xuan and Wei Kou are the best, they are similar in age, and the prince has been a good brother who loves his sister since he was a child.The crown princess Xie Qiu is also Wei Kou's cousin. The two played together since they were young, and they are much more familiar than the two younger siblings.

Huo Yingying hurriedly picked up a few mouthfuls of rice, and then said: "At the beginning of the year, the queen sent someone to send a letter to Princess Yunmeng, hoping that she would return to Beijing to visit relatives on the Longevity Day. The princess replied and agreed, and said that she would bring the child back to congratulate Her Majesty Shou, Your Majesty and the Empress are very happy." In the third year of Tai'an, Wei Kou married Nanyue and did not return to Yujing for five years. Now that she is bringing her child back, the joy of Wei Ming and Jun Feili is completely understandable. .

"Unexpectedly, in May, Princess Yunmeng found out that she was pregnant, so she couldn't come back. She wrote to the Queen to explain the situation. Both His Majesty and the Queen are people who love their daughters, so naturally they will not blame them. The reply let her feel at ease to raise her baby, and I will talk about the matter of visiting relatives when I have time. The princess felt apologetic, and the gift on the Longevity Day was specially thicker than in previous years. And the queen knows her current situation better, who would have thought—”

Wei Chongrong was dumbfounded: "You, you mean, the murderer who assassinated the prince's brother was, was the elder sister's dowry maid?"

"Yes." Huo Yingying nodded solemnly, with a very serious expression, "The empress is a man. After your majesty ascended the throne, the Longevity Festival banquet and the New Year's Eve palace banquet will not be divided into men and women, but will be held in one place. At that time, the empress called The two dowry maids of Princess Yunmeng were around to ask questions. The prince cared about his sister and nephew, and went to ask them a few words. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, one of the maids suddenly pulled out the hairpin from his head. , She moved so fast that no one could react, so she grabbed the hairpin and stabbed in."

Wei Kou had eight dowry female officials, all of whom were carefully selected by the empress, how could it be detrimental to the prince?

Wei Chongrong paced back and forth, thinking for a while before asking: "How was this matter handled? Who is in charge?"

Huo Yingying replied: "The female officer who assassinated the prince committed suicide by taking poison. The poison was hidden between her teeth beforehand. Seeing the blood sealed her throat, the guards were too late to stop them. All the missions from South Vietnam were detained. The families of the two female officials They are all in prison. His Majesty handed over the matter to the King of Qin and asked him to take full responsibility for the matter. It is necessary to find out the truth. It is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and it also involves Princess Yunmeng. The prince's errand is not easy to handle. The real culprit is hard to satisfy His Majesty."

"Ah?!" Wei Chongrong never expected that Wei Ming trusted Wei Zhao so much that he would investigate the prince's assassination.