Guzhou in northern Xinjiang.
Guzhou was only two days away from Yingzhou City. Escorted by three thousand soldiers, Liu Mingzhi finally arrived in Guzhou and started repairs.
The backyard of Guzhou Inn.
The Queen used the excuse of cleaning Liu Mingzhi's face and body to send away the fifty soldiers guarding the coffin.
Although Tao Li and the others did not know the true identity of the Queen, with the prince's biological younger sister Liu Xuan as a guarantee and the Queen's previous assistance, they still led their soldiers and horses out of the courtyard and stayed dozens of steps away from the coffin just like the previous times. outside.
After the fifty personal guards left, the Queen pushed open the coffin lid and rolled her eyes at Young Master Liu, who was lying in the coffin with his eyes wide open and looking bored.
"Come out quickly!"
"Are you sure no one is spying on you?"
"Don't worry, I won't let you out if I'm not sure."
Liu Mingzhi sat up nimbly, quickly pulled out the coffin and jumped out.
"Although there are ventilation holes, it almost didn't suffocate me to death, mainly because it was too boring."
The queen looked around, took out a food box from the corner and placed it in front of Liu Mingzhi. She took out four plates of pastries and placed a bowl of delicious fish soup in front of Liu Mingzhi.
"I've been hungry all day. Eat quickly. I really don't know why you have to endure this kind of suffering. You can just buy a carriage and follow it. You have to lie in the coffin and suffer the suffocation yourself.
Eat, eat poorly, sleep poorly.
In order to avoid making mistakes when going to the toilet, you only eat three to five mouthfuls every day. Don’t you know that your current injury is still in the recovery stage?
Do you know how worried I am every day? I am really afraid that you will be bored in it one day! "
Although the Queen spoke words of complaint, her words contained more of heartache.
Liu Mingzhi picked up the fish soup, blew on it, took a sip, and showed a satisfied look.
He brought the spoon to the Queen's mouth: "Drink some too."
The Queen shook her head slightly: "I'm full, you can drink it yourself. We have arrived in Guzhou now, and there are still at most two days' journey from Yingzhou. If you want me to tell you, come out. Don't lie in there. Don't tell me how uncomfortable you are. , even more unlucky.”
Liu Mingzhi looked around and shook his head at the Queen with firm eyes.
"To put it bluntly, I don't need to tell you that you know a lot about things that can lead to failure due to carelessness. At this time, you need to be more cautious. I have already underestimated the spy once, and I will never underestimate him a second time.
What if the spy agents hiding around came secretly to open the coffin to check if I was dead, and if they found that I was not in the coffin, all the previous efforts would be in vain.
Now that the enemy is hidden and we are clear, we are not afraid of their second frontal attack, but we are afraid of their secret assassination.
It is not so easy to guard against secret assassinations by innate masters.
As long as Cheng Kai and the six generals of the Six Guards did not return from their headquarters or rush to Yingzhou, the news that the one-word King Liu Mingzhi was still alive would never be spread.
Who knows if the imperial court has any backup plans?
Be careful! "
The Queen wrinkled her nose angrily: "As long as you can endure the bumps and torture, I won't bother to care about you!"
"Oh! It doesn't matter if I feel uncomfortable. I'm just afraid that Yun'er and the others will be in chaos after hearing the rumors.
It's true that Yun'er and the others are all smart girls. Maybe they won't believe the rumors easily, for fear that the three of them will become a tiger, and care will lead to chaos!
I don’t know how anxious they are now. "
The Queen glanced at Young Master Liu with a resentful look: "Since you are worried that they will be anxious and uneasy, why don't you let me write to them in advance to say that they are safe?
Now that I think about it, seven or eight days have passed since the Fengyundu attack. You don't know what kind of chaos Northern Xinjiang is now, lying in a coffin.
Now I know it’s too late to worry! "
"Alas! I can't help it. There are spy agents among the soldiers, not to mention the servants and maids in the mansion. There are nine out of ten spies there.
They were not afraid that Yun'er and the others would know that I was still alive, but they were afraid that the spy lurking in the house would hear about it and spread it to the ears of the court, and all the previous efforts would be in vain.
Now that things have come to this, we can only aggrieve them!
I've finished eating. You can put away the rest. "
"Isn't it enough to just eat this much? You can also eat two more pastries, but I won't be able to support you to death!"
Liu Mingzhi pushed back the sweet-scented osmanthus cake handed by the Queen with a firm look: "Just bear with it, it will be disgusting if you have a stomachache in there!"
The Queen put away the cakes helplessly and stared at Young Master Liu silently for a while.
"You are a terrible person. In order to accomplish something, you will never give up until the goal is achieved.
It's simply unscrupulous.
In the past, I felt that I was already strong enough. Only when I compared with you did I understand what it means to be insignificant.
In some ways, you are simply unreasonable! "
Liu Mingzhi stood up and stretched, looking at the queen with some admiration and smiling bitterly.
"In the final analysis, I'm still afraid of death!
It's almost time, you go back first. "
The Queen shook her head reluctantly: "Can't you stay longer?"
"Be good, be obedient, and you will have many more days ahead!"
The Queen glared at Young Master Liu helplessly, packed up the food box and pursed her lips towards the coffin: "Hey, go to hell!"
After pushing up the coffin lid and disposing of the food boxes, the Queen left with the basin. Tao Li and the others rushed back with their soldiers again to continue guarding Young Master Liu's coffin.
The next day it became white in the east, and the carriage set off again northward to Yingzhou.
Qinzheng Hall of the Imperial Palace in Beijing.
It’s the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, and the day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who should have stayed at home with their wives and children gathered on the Qinzheng Hall to wait for Li Ye's arrival.
The news of King Bingjian's death inevitably reached the ears of the people in the capital, and continued to spread towards the south.
The officials had already learned about this matter in the letters sent by governors and governors in various places, and they tried their best to suppress the impact of this matter.
However, things couldn't be suppressed at all.
At this moment, the Qinzheng Hall was completely silent, and the sound of a pindrop could be heard.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, who were accustomed to chatting with each other, were now as silent as cicadas, and were fiddling with the documents in their hands with different thoughts.
Although the news of King Bingjian's death reached the ears of the people in the capital, the specific reasons were not yet clear to the people.
However, the common people did not know it, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had already known it clearly from the documents sent to various ministries by officials from various prefectures north of the capital.
Although they did not know whether the contents in the document were true or false, seeing the realistic and lifelike statements in the document, the officials instinctively regarded the contents in the document as true.
After all, looking at the world, whether it is in the temple or in the rivers and lakes, there is almost no other force besides the imperial court that dares to take action against the current imperial court.
There is a heavy heart among the officials.
I couldn't help but think about it. If it was confirmed that the attack and killing in Fengyundu was carried out by His Majesty, where would I and others go from here?
There is no denying that he holds the high power of the throne and oversees the military and political affairs of half of the mountains and rivers in northern Xinjiang.
Moreover, he acted particularly domineeringly, and few opponents in the temple dared to confront him tit for tat.
However, regardless of King Pingjian's behavior during his reign or since he became a vassal, he could not find any fault with the behavior of the court and his Majesty's actions, even if he was dissatisfied with King Pingjing's fellow officials.
Although the orders he issued were never discussed with his colleagues, in the end he had to admit that they were indeed orders of great benefit to the country and the people.
Now King Bingjian and Fengyundu have passed away, and the culprit may be Li Ye, the current emperor who he personally supported to the throne, who is presiding behind the scenes.
Baiguan was at a loss.
Even King Bingjian, who was so loyal that he almost dedicated himself to death, was not tolerated by Your Majesty. Where will we be placed?
A feeling of sadness over the death of a rabbit and a fox emerged involuntarily.
Especially Du Chenghao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Qin Ziying, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Ye Kaiyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel... several important ministers who were veterans of the three dynasties, their thoughts were even more complicated and unbearable.
You know, Du Yu, Sun Mingfeng, Qin Guang, Ye Jinghui, Tao Li... several of their personal soldiers and generals are all his sons.
They were originally the least valued second sons, but after becoming King Bingjian, they made outstanding achievements. They were awarded titles and became generals, and became the pillars of the family after they retired and returned to their hometown.
Now that King Bingjian has been assassinated and passed away, have the children who were soldiers and generals been killed and silenced?
The seemingly peaceful court hall was now filled with gloom and gloomy clouds.
Every official has his own ideas.
"Your Majesty is here!"
