Rebirth: sailing a thousand times

Curls of cigarette smoke emanating from the mouth of the three-legged gilt animal head incense burner echoed in the empty and deserted hall.

It's cold in winter, and heavy gray tents have been hung in the Yueran Palace, and soft conversations can be faintly heard behind the curtains.Mu Qingfeng was telling the young emperor about the discovery of the Shuoyin mansion and his party.

Leng Dong has thoroughly interrogated the prisoner.That person was actually a small boss, and at first he planned to grit his teeth and face the punishment, but after dozens of lashes, he poured out all his knowledge.

As Mu Qingfeng expected, the 5000 people there were indeed Wang Sidao's private soldiers.

At the end of summer, there was a heavy rain, and the road into the valley was blocked by falling rocks. The heavy rain also flooded the valley into a vast ocean.

The man said, "Later, two people were sent from above. I heard Commander Wang (commander of 5000 people) call one of them Mr. Ge and the other Mr. Duan. Commander Wang said that we might have to move and change places... It seems What is it called Fenghuang Village? They say that the house will be built soon, and it will definitely not be flooded again..."

"The one whose surname is Ge is Ge Chunhui," the emperor asked.

Mu Qingfeng nodded, "Your Majesty, I ordered Ling Li to secretly collect the writings of Zi Wang Sidao's family members and aides, and found that the letters found from Sun Binzi were in the same handwriting as Duan Yanchen, the teacher in his house. This Mr. Duan must be an important role in delivering news and giving orders to Wang Sidao."

The emperor asked, "Feng, what are you going to do next?"

Mu Qingfeng said, "Your Majesty, it is clear that Wang Sidao's evil intentions have been revealed, but I haven't found out what his purpose for doing this is. This trip to Shuoyin County has already alarmed the snake, and I will find out the whole story as soon as possible. During this period, please be more careful, Your Majesty!"

The two monarchs and ministers carefully planned again, and by the time Mu Qingfeng got up to say goodbye, it was already noon.

Mu Qingfeng walked through the Wenhua Palace, intending to leave the palace through the Donghua Gate, just as he walked onto the corridor bridge, he saw a person at the end of the corridor from afar, smiling and clapping his hands.

Wang Sidao's face is white and beardless, and he is dressed in a bright red official uniform, which further sets off the temperament of a quiet scholar.

"My lord, did you just come out from His Majesty's place?"

Mu Qingfeng noticed that there was a glint of darkness in his eyes like lightning, and he still smiled as if he hadn't seen it, "Exactly, may I ask Wang Xiang where this came from?"

Wang Sidao rubbed his chin, "The queen mother is not feeling well recently, and the truth has just come out from the Meishou Palace."

"Oh? How is the queen mother's phoenix body?"

"It's much better, but I still have occasional dizziness."

Mu Qingfeng said, "I have an urgent matter entrusted by His Majesty to do today, and I will visit the 'Mei Shou Palace' some other day."

After finishing speaking, he made an empty salute and went down the steps towards the covered bridge, when Wang Sidao's voice suddenly came from behind him, "My lord, you didn't go to court a few days ago, your majesty said you were sick, but are you well?"

Mu Qingfeng paused for plastic surgery, turned around slowly, met Wang Sidao's inquiring eyes, and said with a half-smile, "I feel a sense of wind occasionally, please remember to hang up, and I'm fine!"

Wang Sidao chuckled, "Oh, it's good, it's good, it's good..."

Mu Qingfeng knew that he was testing his own movements these days. From this point of view, he must have known about the changes in the valley in Shuoyin County.

"My lord", as soon as Wang Sidao entered the second gate, Duan Yanchen greeted him.

The secret report from the valley in Shuoyin County came in the early morning, Wang Sidao only glanced at it, and went to court before discussing it with Duan Yanchen.

"Have you read the secret letter?" Wang Sidao asked.

Duan Yanchen followed him into the bedroom, and while changing his clothes, he said, "If only one person is lost, maybe it doesn't matter. After all, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, so it's unknown if the wild beasts go there, but the Taniguchi formation is broken. , this matter is no small matter, it is very possible that that person was taken captive by the people who broke the formation..."

The worry in his heart was exposed by Duan Yanchen, and Wang Sidao's panic that he had suppressed all morning rushed out like magma, the corners of his eyes were faintly bloody, and his voice was already vicious, "A few days ago , Mu Qingfeng claimed that he was sick and never went to court, but the spies who were placed in the palace said that he did not see the kitchen cooking medicine, and the housekeeper Zhou Ping strictly prohibited anyone from entering the inner courtyard on the grounds that he should not disturb the prince's rest..."

He was sitting on a pear armchair, the sun was shining straight into the room, half of his face was hidden from the sun, only the tightly pursed corners of his mouth and the increasingly deep nasolabial folds could be seen.

"It was at this moment that Taniguchi's formation was broken. It was no coincidence. Mu Qingfeng was meticulous and good at planning. He must have found clues from the robbery and chased him to the black sand beach."

5000 people is not a small number. No matter how rich Wang Sidao is, he can't afford the food and clothing of such a private soldier. Only by robbing the government's food and salaries can it barely maintain.

Wang Sidao was silent for a long time, then stood up suddenly, and said sharply, "We can't wait any longer, Mu Qingfeng will definitely ask for an order to kill 5000 people in the valley if he finds out the clues. "

He gritted his teeth, and his white eyes burst into blood red from anger and excitement. Although he knew it was not a good opportunity, he had no choice.

"Mr. Duan, please invite Feng Zimei immediately, and later..."

After Mu Qingfeng returned home to change, he came to the side hall of the front yard, where a woman had been waiting for a long time.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, she looked up, immediately stood up and knelt down on her knees, kowtowed and said, "Yaqian has seen the prince."

Mu Qingfeng took the front seat, "Get up!"

It took a lot of effort for Wenxin to find someone. He had already found Yaqian's home, but was told by the neighbors that Yaqian's husband cheated on a casino in the town and was beaten to death on the spot by bullies who threatened to kill Yaqian Qian sold it to pay off his gambling debts.

When a villager heard the news, he immediately rushed home and told Yaqian. Yaqian had no choice but to run away with his four-year-old child.

Wen Xin found her in a ruined temple, when Yaqian was penniless and desperate.

Yaqian stood aside timidly, twisting her skirt nervously with both hands, her teeth almost biting her lower lip to bleed.

Mu Qingfeng picked up the teacup unhurriedly, and flicked the tea with the lid, "Yaqian, do you know why this king sent someone to look for you?"

Yaqian hesitated for a moment, then quickly said softly, "My lord, Yaqian probably knows."

She originally wanted to live her whole life incognito, but she ended up in this situation when she met an unlucky person.The moment Wen Xin found her, she knew that what should come will always come.She should be glad that Wang Sidao's people didn't find her first.

She tried her best to keep calm to cover up the fierce struggle and balance in her heart. Mu Qingfeng saw it and thought to herself, it really is the big maid next to the imperial concubine, it is rare that there is no obvious panic and confusion at this time.

He continued to drink tea leisurely, he was waiting, waiting for her to make a request, waiting for her to ask for his promise.

Soon, Yaqian knelt down again, "My lord, this servant has the courage to ask the lord to give this servant's child a life, and this servant will tell all the secrets of the death of the imperial concubine four years ago."

Mu Qingfeng put down his cup and said calmly, "Are you negotiating terms with this king?"

Yaqian knelt down on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and when he raised his forehead again, his forehead was already red and swollen, his eyes were tearful, "No, no, this servant is begging the prince, and it is a death penalty for a servant to escape from the palace without permission. It’s a secret, I still don’t know how to die, it doesn’t matter if the servant is dead, but the child is innocent, I beg the lord to show you your hand..."

Naturally, she didn't know about the changing situation in the court, so she only thought that Mu Qingfeng had discovered something and wanted to find out.If it is said, maybe Mu Qingfeng will keep her as a handle against political opponents, maybe he will give her life to Wang Sidao to show the sincerity of friendship, maybe...

Everything is possible!

Mu Qingfeng waved his hand aggressively, and interrupted her suddenly with a stern sentence, "In your eyes, is this king a person who doesn't even let children go?"

Yaqian was stunned for a moment, then relieved, for some reason, Mu Qingfeng's firm and cold gaze made her feel very comforted and at ease.

In the mist of tears, she seemed to have returned to that winter day four years ago, that messy night.

Deyang Palace.

Accompanied by a loud cry, a baby boy was born.

The emperor was seriously ill, and the fourth prince, who was born prematurely for more than a month, did not seem to bring much joy to the heavy palace.

A few days later, at night, a figure slipped into the corner gate of Deyang Palace quietly and familiarly.

Yaqian opened the curtain and came in, and said to the middle-aged beautiful woman on the couch, "My lord, your lord is here."

Concubine Li Gui immediately sat up when she heard this, and smoothed her temple hair with both hands, "Please come in quickly!"

Wang Sidao came in from the door, took off the black cloak he was wearing as he walked in, and threw it into Yaqian's arms, "Arong..."

Concubine Li Gui opened her arms to hug Wang Sidao, she was about to cry, "Sidao, you are here."

Wang Sidao hugged her and stroked her back lightly, "Recently, the Ministry of Rites has a lot of affairs, and I have no time to do so."

After a long time, the two separated.Concubine Li Gui gave him a resentful look, "You are really calm, this is your own son."

Then Wang Sidao hurriedly picked up the little baby on the cradle next to him, and couldn't help kissing and kissing again and again.

Seeing that he loves this child, Concubine Li couldn't help but smile, "Si Dao, when will you take our mother and daughter out. I've been terrified all day long, lest Your Majesty find out."

Wang Sidao looked around and said in a low voice, "Didn't Fang Xiaoan tell the emperor that the child was born prematurely? What are you afraid of?"

Concubine Li Gui said dissatisfiedly, "I don't care, I'm just afraid, you should think of a way, I can't stay here any longer."

"However, a noble concubine and a prince are missing from the imperial palace. Wouldn't that cause a big mess..."

"No." Concubine Li Gui suddenly raised her voice, and even yelled sadly, "I am going out. If His Majesty finds out, he will kill me. Didn't you say that he would take us away? Wang Sidao, you... ..."

Wang Sidao suddenly covered her mouth, "Okay, okay, stop shouting, I will think of a way soon."

He really regretted that before Li Rong entered the palace, he had indeed spent some time with his concubine, and later, when she entered the palace and he married a wife, no one delayed anyone.

As a result, the emperor was weak, and he had more than enough energy for intercourse. By chance, the two of them rekindled their old love, and the ignitance became uncontrollable, and they became pregnant.

For this reason, Li Guifei tried her best to climb back to the dragon bed.

Wang Sidao threatened the lives of Fang Xiao'an's family, and gave a pulse case of weak constitution and fear of premature delivery according to the time when the emperor was lucky.

The baby was delivered smoothly, and Li Rong went crazy again.

When Yaqian sent him out, Wang Sidao sighed, and she was also worried, if the fourth prince's identity was revealed, everyone in Deyang Palace would have to be buried with him.

"Yaqian, serve some snacks and watch the imperial concubine carefully." Wang Sidao's hooded face only showed a sharp and thin chin.

"Yes", Yaqian replied, "Since she gave birth to the prince, she is often in a bad mood, maybe she will get better after a while."

Wang Sidao later discovered that it wasn't that he would get better after a while, but that Li Rong got worse and worse, and once he even cried and made a fuss, which almost scared Wang Sidao's soul away.

Not long after the fourth prince's full moon, Concubine Li Gui's health suddenly became ill. She took a lot of side effects medicine, but she was exhausted before her eyes.

Fang Xiaoan, the imperial physician, said that it was due to exhaustion of qi and blood, and the medicine and stones were ignored.

Yaqian thought that the noble concubine had an emergency, until the day before Li Rong's death, Wang Sidao came, and he dismissed everyone as soon as he entered the door.

Seeing that the medicine was ready, Yaqian was afraid of letting it cool down, so he thought about serving it to the imperial concubine first.

From the small kitchen to the dormitory, she had to go through the back window, and there she heard a shocking conversation. At that time, Concubine Li Gui was already dying.

Li Rong: Like Tao, am I going to die?

Wang Sidao: ...

Li Rong: What about our children?

Wang Sidao: He will grow up well in the palace.

Li Rong: Like Tao, why, why did you poison me?

Wang Sidao: ...

Li Rong chuckled, "I know it's you, I know my body well, even though I have postpartum weakness, I'm so weak..." She panted a few times, "Fang Xiaoan obeys you, you let him The one who poisoned me, why?"

Wang Sidao's voice was unusually gentle, "Arong, don't blame me, the child is safe only after you die, he is destined to be the prince's life."

After a long time, Li Rong sighed, "Okay, I don't blame you."

Afterwards, Li Rong babbled on for a long time, talking nonsense in a daze, but what was rare was that Wang Sidao kept comforting him softly, from the beginning to the end, without even the slightest bit of impatience.

It seemed that it wasn't him who said those heartless words just now and made such a cruel and murderous hand.

As the night fell, Mu Qingfeng's tight back like a string gradually turned into a phantom in the dim light.

The earth dragon was burning very hot, but he felt as cold as falling into an ice cave.

He had thought about many possibilities, but he never thought that Wang Sidao would really want to rebel, he wanted to plot against the world for his own son.

Thinking of this level, he was immediately enlightened. He thought clearly about the cause and effect, but he was also in a cold sweat from fright.

If you hit the grass and startle the snake, the snake will strike the last blow.

Thinking of this, he didn't even have time to change his court clothes, and Kuang Ye entered the palace again.

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