Chapter 70 Chapter Ten Cruel

Chapter 10, The Third Part of Seizing the Inheritance After the guards left, someone sent these corpses to the incarnation field in the West Palace. The corpses of these people did not have the appearance of being buried, so they could only be cremated in the furnace. These things were done by the rough eunuchs. No one cared about it, so no one noticed that there was a missing body before the cremation. Even if someone noticed, it would not be boring. On June 13th, the East Palace was flooded, and the news that the crown prince was banned was spreading. The young crown prince, Fu Lu Jingzhong, the princess of Jingjiang, Li Hanyou, and the crown prince's side concubine Xiao Lan, regardless of their suspicions, gathered together to discuss countermeasures, but they were at a loss. Doing such things, no matter what, the emperor cannot be calmed down immediately.When the three of them were distressed, someone suddenly laughed and said, "Why, have you encountered a problem?"

The three of them looked up, and saw a commoner woman standing at the door. Although her appearance was ordinary, her domineering aura was not to be underestimated.Xiao Lan and Li Hanyou were overjoyed, they stood up and said, "Elder Sister, it's you." Wen Ziyan smiled and said: "Not only I am here, but the master and the old man have also arrived, and they are doing Qingxiu in Qixia nunnery." Xiao Lan and Li Hanyou were both happy and worried, they looked at Wen Ziyan tremblingly, Xiao Lan summoned up courage and said: "We are not good at doing things, if the head of the sect blames us, please ask senior sister to say something nice for us."

Wen Ziyan smiled slightly and said: "Okay, Master, she is not angry, you go to see her first, let Master decide what matters, so as not to worry you so much. Lu Shaofu, you go too, Master said Want to meet you." Li Hanyou and the others were overjoyed, hurriedly changed into plain clothes, and flew out of the city on horseback, ignoring attention all the way, until they arrived at a nunnery in the eastern outskirts of Chang'an, where they stayed on horses and walked slowly. Lu Jingzhong was not good at equestrian skills and fell behind. Li Hanyou and Xiao Lan didn't care about him, so she dropped the horse and walked into Qixia Nunnery. This Qixia Nunnery covers several acres and is the property of Fengyi Sect. Every time the master of Fengyi Sect goes to Beijing, he lives here. As people walked in, they found that the nun who usually took care of the place had disappeared. There were countless women in Tsing Yi standing on both sides of the tree-lined path leading to the residence of the head of the sect. They all wore long swords and their faces were as cold as frost.The two of them arrived in front of Wutongxuan where the door owner lived, and saw four women standing on the left and right in front of the door, all wearing snow-colored blouses, although there were no hairpins and brocade ornaments, but the clothes were also very gorgeous, the two hurriedly saluted, Although these four women are only in their thirties, they are all over forty years old. They are all close friends of the master of Fengyi sect. They were maids who accompanied Fan Huiyao to fight in the world, so their status is very respected.

The two walked into the hall, and the furnishings in Wutong Hall were very elegant. The floor was covered with snow-white felt blankets, and the surrounding walls were hung with light green curtains. A bead curtain divided the room into two halves. On the Hu bed, a woman in snow clothes is leaning on the Hu bed, separated by a bead curtain, so her expression and appearance cannot be seen. Xiao Lan and Li Hanyou knelt down in front of the curtain, and said in unison: "The disciple kowtowed to the master, I am incompetent, and I ask the sect master to punish me." The woman said, "It's no wonder you guys have tried your best." The voice was as mellow as pearls and jade, but as clear as a cold spring. Shrouded in the elegant room, Xiao Lan and Li Hanyou did not dare to slack off, the two exchanged a look, Xiao Lan said: "Master, it is all disciples who are incompetent, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Concubine Chun have an affair, disciples already know, And tried every means to ask the prince to cut off contact with that woman, but His Royal Highness was very angry and refused to obey, and even created a rift with us because of this, the disciple had no choice but to find another way, unexpectedly, something went wrong at this time."

The woman sighed, and said: "His Royal Highness refuses to obey, why not let Ji Xia try to kill Concubine Chun?" Her tone was gentle and cold.Xiao Lan was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat and couldn't speak, Li Hanyou hurriedly said: "This matter is already being planned, we never thought that the crown prince would have a private meeting with Concubine Chun during the fasting period, originally we wanted to wait until after the ceremony. " The woman said indifferently: "Forget it, the matter has come to this point, and it is meaningless to pursue it. Does Han You know how the situation is now?"

Li Hanyou took a step on his knees, and said respectfully: "The emperor has put to death all the people involved in this matter, and Concubine Chun has also committed suicide. The prince is confined in the palace, and the emperor has not further punished him. In addition, today, your majesty ordered the prime minister Wei Guan, Attendant Zheng Xia, General Fuyuan Qin Yi, and Wei Guogong Cheng Shu went to the palace to discuss, I am afraid that the punishment will come down within a day, the disciple has already asked the son-in-law to plead with the father-in-law, begging him to intercede for the prince, but according to the son-in-law, the father-in-law is noncommittal."

The woman sighed: "This matter is unusual. No matter who pleads for mercy, the emperor will not let go of his anger. But at this moment, as long as he temporarily keeps the crown prince's position, there is still room for change. The king has succeeded. This seat has just issued an order to mobilize all forces to suppress the forces that intend to overthrow the crown prince, and only King Yong must do it himself." Li Hanyou said suspiciously: "Master, King Yong has been coveting the crown prince's position for a long time, how can he bear it at this time?" The woman said indifferently: "In normal times, he would naturally refuse, but this time he has to obey. The matter of the Splendid League is his biggest fatal injury."

Li Hanyou was taken aback, and said, "Sect Master, does the matter of Jinxiu League have anything to do with King Yong?" The woman said coldly: "Hanyou, you are still too young, let me ask you, if the prince and Jinxiu League conspire to smuggle, can you really hide it from King Yong's eyes and ears? In this world of Dayong, half of the military forces Under King Yong's control, if he hadn't intentionally condoned it, how could the prince get his wish?" Li Hanyou said: "But at that time Jiang Zhe was seriously injured, King Yong was so worried about it, how could he have the energy to take care of these things?"

The woman smiled and said: "Han You, do you know the truth of 'a small amount is not a gentleman, a non-toxic is not a husband', if King Yong really forgets the world for Jiang Zhe, then he is not worthy to be my opponent Besides, Jinxiu League was originally accused of rebellion in Southern Chu, how could it start a business with Nanchu? Although Tianji Pavilion is mysterious, but it is a power of Southern Chu, there is nothing wrong with it, if it is not King Yong, who can make the Jinxiu League, which was originally supported by the Dayong military, negotiate peace with the Southern Chu forces? I think that even if Tianji Pavilion is not a subordinate of King Yong, it has a great relationship with King Yong. Although Chu's status is not high, but this person is unpredictable, I asked you to assassinate this person in the first place to prevent it from happening, but it was a pity that the result fell short."

Li Hanyou asked cautiously: "If the Jinxiu League is entrusted by King Yong, why is the sect master chasing Huo Jicheng everywhere?" The woman sighed and said: "If you really want to hunt down that Huo Jicheng, you might as well stare at Yongwang's mansion, Hanyou, do you know that in recent years there are many people in the world who are unwilling to submit to the authority of my Fengyimen, but I Fengyimen is the leader of the Baidao, and I can't suppress it casually. Without this excuse, how can I find an opportunity to eradicate those ambitious gangs one by one. They want to make Huo Jicheng stir up trouble and ruin the prince's reputation outside, but this seat I used this opportunity to eradicate dissidents. Besides, what does the prince's reputation have to do with us? His reputation is not good enough, so he can't do without our support. It's just that the prince has gone too far this time. If we don't act , I am afraid that his position as the crown prince will not be guaranteed."

Li Hanyou's eyes lit up, and he said: "Master, if we take this opportunity to discuss with King Yong, if he is obedient and obedient, we will let him ascend the throne, so as not to support this helpless Adou." The woman said angrily: "Confused, if King Yong is willing to be so obedient, why did I choose the crown prince as a puppet?" Li Hanyou was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to speak out. After a while, the woman said calmly: "Okay, Lan'er, you go back to appease the Crown Princess and the servants, and say that I will definitely keep the Crown Prince's position." Xiao Lan looked hesitant, but she didn't dare to ask further questions, and bowed again: "I obey." She quietly withdrew.After a while, the woman said in a calm tone: "Forget it, Hanyou, what you said is not unreasonable. The prince is so immoral, we will help him, and we will not be able to help him. Let's talk about it after I meet King Yong. But you You can’t go out and talk nonsense yet, this matter is of great importance and cannot be spread.” Only then did Li Hanyou breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "The disciple is reckless, please forgive me, the sect master." The woman sighed and said, "Han You, do you know who is Xia Jinyi who seduced the prince?" Li Hanyou said in surprise: "The disciples only know that he is an abandoned disciple of Kongtong, a prodigal son, why did the sect master ask him? Isn't he already dead?" The woman was silent for a moment, then said: "Although he is dead, there is one thing that I have to let you know, his real name is Xia Quan." Li Hanyou murmured the name several times, her eyes changed from confusion to fear, she said with a dead face: "Master, how could he be alive, didn't you promise that the disciple would not leave any trouble?" The woman said coldly: "Are you accusing me?" Li Hanyou woke up suddenly, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "I don't dare, it's just a moment of urgency, please forgive me." The woman sighed faintly, and said: "Child, Princess Jingjiang begged me to find the whereabouts of her beloved daughter born to the prince. When the princess was about to give birth, when the bandits invaded the country, the princess lost the princess, and her heart was broken. It's a pity that I did a careful investigation later and found that the baby girl had died in the rebellion long ago, so it was fine, but that day Huiqiu passed by your house and saw your talent, and couldn't bear to see your good quality and beautiful jade being abandoned by the people. When I brought you back, I didn't intend to use you to pretend to be the princess, so I just killed your parents-in-law, lest they spread the matter everywhere. After all, you are already his wife. Unexpectedly, when I saw you, I found you Li Daitao's mind was moved because of his similar appearance to Princess Jingjiang. Originally, he just thought that this background would be beneficial to you, but now it really worked. Kongtong has reported this matter to Mingshimen afterward. Although they have no evidence to know that you were taken away by Fengyimen, they already have suspicions. In this way, if you kill people and silence them, you will be exposed, so although I agree to you, but It can’t be done. Originally, I wanted to wait until he came down the mountain to find a way to let him die. But he was quickly expelled from the sect. I guess it must be because the head of Kongtong didn’t want to be an enemy of Fengyi sect, so he decided to I don't even want to kill him, otherwise his humble life doesn't matter, but he has confirmed the fact that Fengyimen murdered and silenced him. Later, I arranged for someone who monitored Xia Quan to report back. Thinking that you are already a member of the royal family, how could you have the opportunity to meet him, so you didn't pay attention to him anymore, I didn't expect you to meet at the Prince's residence." Li Hanyou's thoughts were not authentic: "Master, tell me, did he recognize me?" The woman smiled and said: "Whether he denies you or not, he has died under the hands of Leng Chuan, his bones turned into ashes, what are you afraid of, but I don't know if he has told others about it, do you know anyone close to him?" ?” Li Hanyou thought for a while and said: "Only two people may know, one is the concubine's maid Xiuchun, and the other is his senior brother Zhang Jinxiong." The woman sneered, "Then I don't need to tell you what to do, do you?" Li Hanyou said hesitantly: "Zhang Jinxiong is the disciple of the head of Kongtong, I'm afraid he can't be killed." The woman thought for a while, and said: "He will keep it for now. Kongtong will not dare to make things difficult for me now, but he must be closely monitored, and he must not be allowed to spread this news. Your identity is now the supreme one. It is very important and must not be leaked to anyone.” Li Hanyou gritted his teeth and said: "Master, don't worry, this matter is related to the honor and disgrace of the disciple's life, and the disciple will never allow anyone to destroy my efforts." The woman said lightly: "Okay, you go, Lu Jingzhong is here too, let me meet this Young Master Fu." Leaving Qixia Nunnery, Li Hanyou looked at Lu Jingzhong who was following Wen Ziyan into the nunnery, gritted his silver teeth, turned around and ran towards the capital, she had only one thought in her mind, she must not let that person ruin her hard work, hazy In the haze, she seemed to return to her childhood. She was obviously beautiful and intelligent, but she didn't dare to reveal it, just because she often heard her father-in-law say "A woman's talent is virtue". I'm afraid I didn't have the opportunity to read books in those years, because I was a girl, and the teacher in the private school didn't teach me any classics and history, but after I taught myself how to read, I let myself look through the collection of books casually, because I was smart and pleasing to him , but it seems that she yearns for the outside world even more. When she reads the verses of scenic spots, she wants to see the moving scenery that is different from this remote village. Wanting to taste that kind of taste, the more she reads, the more she resents her situation, but she knows that as a weak woman, it is impossible for her to leave this kind of place. Full of grievances, she married Xia Quan, that generous and obedient young man who didn't move her heart at all. But suddenly, her chance came, and those women with swords were all in high spirits. They had different lives, so she tried her best to get close to them. Although she didn't know what the result would be, she was unwilling to give up the only chance. , Those women noticed themselves, and exclaimed: "Such a talent and beauty, how can they be abandoned in the mountains and forests." Then they wanted to take themselves away forcibly, but their father-in-law and mother-in-law were naturally unwilling, and those women left him without mercy. Yin Zi took her away. On the way, she heard them whispering that the future problems had been cured. She understood what these people meant, but she didn't have the slightest sympathy. Anyone who hindered her happiness should be killed.Then there is a life like a dream. She became the closed disciple of the master of Fengyi sect and the princess of Prince Jingjiang. She seized all the time to enrich herself. She would never allow this kind of life to be lost again. Finally, she transformed into a beautiful phoenix. This is the reward she deserves, and no one will be allowed to destroy it. Without going through the main entrance, she used lightness kung fu to enter the inner room of the prince's mansion. The princess Cui was chanting scriptures and praying in the Buddhist hall, and the maid Xiuchun was waiting outside the Buddhist hall.Seeing no one around, Li Hanyou stepped forward and gently tapped Xiuchun acupoints, took her to a remote place in the garden, untied her acupoints, and asked coldly: "Did Xia Jinyi tell you about anything related to this palace?" matter?" Xiuchun's face was bloodless, and he said: "My servant doesn't understand what the princess means?" Li Hanyou asked coldly: "Have you mentioned me to you?" Xiuchun shook his head, with a suspicious look in his eyes, Li Hanyou felt at ease, touched the hilt of his sword and said, "Xia Jinyi is already dead, since you are his lover, you should die for love." Fear flashed in Xiuchun's eyes, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Princess, spare my life, princess, spare my life." Li Hanyou said coldly: "Why, you don't want to die for him, it seems that you are also a watery woman." Xiuchun wept and said: "Princess, please forgive me. The servant is pregnant and dare not seek death. If the princess wants the servant to die, I also ask the princess to let the servant give birth to a child before she dies. Jin Yi only has this little flesh and blood. His family has lived for several generations. Single pass, I beg the princess to let Xiuchun live for a few days, if she is lucky enough to give birth to a boy, Xiuchun can die in peace." Li Hanyou's hands trembled, remembering that Xia's mother said gently when he and Xia Quan got married that day: "My child, the Xia family has been passed down for several generations, and now it depends on you to spread the branches and leaves." The heart softened, and he was about to give up. But after thinking about it, it is not easy for me to have the glory of today. In order to learn etiquette, I practice day and night until I will not change my posture at any time. I have learned martial arts and studied classics and history. After ten years of hard work, I became the Princess of Jingjiang today. Although this woman doesn't know anything, but today's interrogation by me has already revealed her signs. Thinking of this, she ruthlessly pointed at Xiuchun's death spot.Xiuchun was crying, she couldn't prevent it, and just died without a sound, the look of distress on her face was still clearly visible. Li Hanyou stepped forward to hug Xiuchun, she already knew where this woman lived, she knew this from the record of monitoring the princess, Li Hanyou put Xiuchun back to her own bedroom, pretending to hang herself to death , and didn't dare to look at the woman's ashen face again, turned and left.There is also Zhang Jinxiong, Li Hanyou thought to himself, he might know my identity, and he must not be allowed to leak it to others. You can't kill him now, but you can't let him communicate with the victim. By the way, let's say that Xia Jinyi is suspected of seduction The prince, Zhang Jinxiong is also suspected as a senior brother, so he was ordered to stay in the mansion and not allowed to go out.While thinking about it, Li Hanyou showed a complacent look.