Traitor, he is bent on death

As soon as Xuan Lan arrived at the door of the imperial study, Huo Xun was already waiting. Xuan Lan glanced at him indifferently and said, "Come in."

"Yes."

Entering the Imperial Study Room, Huo Xun knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I failed to catch the assassin."

Xuan Lan sat down on the chair, casually flipped through the books that he hadn't read last night, Wang Laifu came in with a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold, and said: "Your Majesty, drink some ginger soup, don't catch a cold .”

Xuan Lan drank the ginger soup in one gulp, and waited until the spicy taste dissipated before saying: "The other party came prepared, it's normal that Commander Huo didn't catch him, but did you find any clues?"

Huo Xun said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness... I did find something suspicious."

He got up and unfolded a roll of drawings on the desk, which was the map of the capital.

Huo Xun clicked on a tall building outside the altar, and said: "Your Majesty, please take a look. I have checked the nearby buildings. It is very likely that the arrow was shot from here. The Imperial Army also found someone coming here. traces of the past."

"Jie Drum Tower ①... Interesting." Xuan Lan looked at the small towers drawn on the map and laughed.

Jiegu Tower was also a lively place many years ago. Because of the high terrain, many literati loved to go up the tower to compose songs and make friends with poems. But later, people fell down here one after another, giving birth to many supernatural legends, and the rumors became more and more intense. This place has become a haunted building that no one dares to go to.

11 years ago, most of the weapons that Dingguo Gong bought and cast privately before his rebellion were found in the Jiegu Tower. , No one is allowed to go in again.

Now, at the much-anticipated praying ceremony, a green arrow shot from the Jie Drum Tower, intending to take the emperor's life. In any case, it was the remnants of Jiang Fan's party who were making trouble.

Xuan Lan propped his chin with one hand, and asked Wang Laifu: "Jiang Fan's family, all of them were ordered to be killed back then, right?"

When this matter was mentioned, Wang Laifu showed a little unbearable expression on his face, and sighed: "Your Majesty, not to mention the Jiang family, even some distant relatives and officials with some connections have been implicated together, Jiang Fan It is absolutely impossible for a party to still have remnants of evil!"

Back then, the execution ground was almost stained red by blood, but now the deep bloodstains on the ground probably belonged to the Jiang family.

Wang Laifu also joined in the fun to watch the beheading. The common people would clap their hands and applaud seeing a wicked person beheaded, but seeing countless people beheaded, all that was left was numbness and fear.

The executioner's knives were changed several times, and they were hardened by hard bones and scalding blood. It is not an exaggeration to describe the execution ground in those days as a bloody pestle.

Xuan Lan looked down at the map, and suddenly said: "Jiang Jintang seems to know about Jiang Fan's rebellion very well."

Wang Laifu and Huo Xun looked at each other, and Huo Xun said in a low voice: "The supervisor and execution officer of Dingguogong's rebellion... was Jiuqian, so Jiuqian naturally understands."

Xuan Lan was slightly taken aback, but didn't know this happened.

Wang Laifu said: "Back then, many officials were afraid of taking this job. After all, Dingguo was very popular. It is probably because of this that the late emperor sent this matter to Jiuqiantui, who was still unknown at that time... It was also because In this matter, Nine Thousand Years was reused by the late Emperor, and quickly gained a firm foothold in the palace."

"So." Xuan Lan said playfully, "He climbed to this position by stepping on the bones and blood of the Jiang family."

Wang Laifu hesitated to speak, but after thinking about it, he swallowed it back.

Xuan Lan looked at the location of the Jiegu Tower on the map, and said in a cold voice, "Continue to investigate this matter, no matter whether the remnants of the Jiang clan are true or not, I will reveal his true colors."

Huo Xun cupped his hands, "I obey the order."

……

In the light, Jiang Jintang's expression was ugly.

He was covered with a thick blanket, looked down at a booklet in his hand, and suddenly sneered: "The entire Jiang family and everyone involved with the Jiang family are listed in this booklet, and all of them have become members of the Yan Luo Temple." Such a short-lived ghost, how could the remnants of the Jiang family emerge."

Shanyue asked: "Master, is that green haze arrow... for real?"

"If it's fake, why should I mobilize so many teachers?" Jiang Jintang pursed his lips, and his lips, which were somewhat glamorous, were stained pale. Pull to ask Zhan, there is absolutely no one in this world who can remake Qinglan Arrow."

She Yi frowned and said, "The arrow came from the Jie Drum Tower. This place was chosen so delicately. It was clearly intended to induce the little emperor to reveal the old affairs of the Jiang family, or it was for—" He looked at Jiang Jin. Tang, with worried eyes.

Jiang Jintang closed the booklet, covered his lips and coughed twice, spit out another mouthful of blood, startled Shanyue and She Yi, hurriedly went to invite Chen Zheheng, Jiang Jintang exhaled, and said: "No need, It's raining tonight and the road is slippery, so don't bother Dr. Chen."

There was sticky blood between his pale fingers, but Jiang Jintang wiped it off slowly without changing his face, and said, "Jianqing, you can ask Jin Yiwei to investigate this matter, I still have a difficult matter to deal with here."

"You mean that Yin Yao brought Wan Minshu to Beijing to sue?" She Yi said impatiently, "Marquis Ning Yuan keeps making small moves in the capital, and Yin Yao is restless. I'll kill him and forget it."

"It would be great if everything in this world could be separated with a knife." Jiang Jintang smiled: "Okay, it's late at night, let's all go back and rest."

Shanyue opened the lid of the Celadon Suanni Incense Burner, added two spoonfuls of calming incense powder into it, and then withdrew it.

The room was as quiet as a lamp, but outside it was gloomy and gloomy. The light rain seemed to imply that tomorrow's wind and rain were about to come.

……

Yin Yao entered the capital city at night, without even having time to change his clothes, he entered Ningyuanhou's mansion.

Ningyuan Hou Yinxi rushed over when he received the news, and when he saw his younger brother coming in, he immediately went up to meet him and said, "Zhiguang, why did you come back in the rain? Didn't you say you will go to Beijing at dawn?"

Yin Yao took a sip of hot tea before he caught his breath, and said, "That eunuch Jiang Jintang dared to kill even King An, if I go to Beijing at dawn, wouldn't I be on the verge of running into his knife?"

Yin Xi sighed, and said: "Who would want to be a majestic Jiangnan Jiedu envoy, but was forced to come here by a eunuch!"

Yin Yao put down the teacup, and sneered, "The late emperor would rather entrust the little emperor to an eunuch than to our Yin family, so he was guarding against us! It's ridiculous that the late emperor believed in the wrong person, and Jiang Jintang didn't have the ambition to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. Those who are greedy for power."

Yin Xi stroked his beard, and said in a low voice: "You have to deal with the elder brother, is it possible that you really want to confront that eunuch now? There is a rift among the four families, and they only gather the strength of the Yin family, so I am afraid they will not be his opponent. "

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①: Taken from Wen Tingyun's "22 Rhymes of Passing Huaqing Palace"

——Yuebai Nishang Temple, Air Dry Jiegu Tower.

Seeing a cutie ask Jiang Jintang if he is a real eunuch, let me explain, even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, Changning is still a fake eunuch^^