For more than half a month after the Mid-Autumn Festival, autumn rain continued continuously in Bianjing. The whole city was shrouded in a hazy drizzle. The rain was not heavy, but it was like a trace of melancholy, charming and lingering.
When Rongxian walked out of Xuandemen, it was already evening, the sky was gloomy, and Rongxian's face was equally gloomy.
The search for Rong Feiyan inside and outside Bianjing City has continued for five days, but still nothing has been found.
After all, Bianjing is at the feet of the emperor, and it is impossible to block and investigate it for a long time.
For five days, the Kaifeng government office tried its best to search and investigate, and even the Imperial City Department was dispatched. This was enough to give the Rong family face, and it was also an explanation to the officials.
After today, all the temporary Daokas installed inside and outside Bianjing City will be removed, and the Kaifeng government office will also withdraw most of its manpower.
Everyone, including the Rong family themselves, actually understood that after being missing for so many days, Rong Feiyan was probably killed long ago, and she was lucky to find her body.
But Rongxian was still unwilling to give in. The day Kaifeng Mansion couldn't find his sister, he would never let go of her.
In fact, Rong Xian knew very well that Rong Feiyan's disappearance was probably related to the Yong Wang family.
After all, he had caused such embarrassment to Princess Yong and Lord Jiacheng in front of everyone.
And not long after this happened, Rong Feiyan and a dozen people around her disappeared on the road from Yujin Garden to Bianjing City.
Could this be revenge from King Yong’s family?
Rong Xian had a vague guess, but he didn't dare to think deeply about it.
That is the official family of the future!
Even if it was really him who did it, what could Rongxian do? Would Zhao Zhen give up on making King Yong his crown prince just for the sake of a daughter from his Rong family?
Totally impossible.
In the face of national events such as making decisions on building reserves, a mere human life is really nothing.
Therefore, Rong Xian did not dare to target King Yong at all. He could only vent his anger on Kaifeng Mansion, which failed to detect theft, and kept arguing with the officials of Kaifeng Mansion in the court.
But every time he dreamed about it at midnight, he recalled his little sister's voice and smile during her lifetime, and the hatred buried in Rong Xian's heart became deeper and deeper.
While Rong Xian was distracted, he suddenly thought of the mysterious man who visited last night.
Maybe that person was right.
Rong Feiyan's death was like a thorn in the heart, standing between the Rong family and King Yong.
Even if he ignored his younger sister's hatred and flattered King Yong, King Yong's temperament would probably not take the Rong family seriously, and he might even be suspicious of the Rong family and alienate him.
After King Yong officially ascended the throne, Rong Xian could not even imagine what the Rong family would end up without Zhao Zhen's support and the new king's favor.
Perhaps, he should really find another way out.
For my little sister, and for the Rong family...
The autumn rain hit his face, which was a bit cold. Rong Xian walked out of Xuandemen with a heavy heart. The entourage who had been waiting in the square stepped forward and opened the oil-paper umbrella for him.
An attendant brought the horse and handed the reins to Rong Xian. Rong Xian was about to get on the horse when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure flashing not far away from the corner of his eye.
When Rong Xian saw the man, he couldn't help but hesitate to mount his horse, but his face remained calm. He turned around and ordered his followers to go back to the mansion first, as he wanted to take a walk alone.
After sending away his entourage, Rong Xian hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind and walked quickly in the direction where the previous man disappeared.
About a quarter of an hour later, in an unknown dark alley near Nanxunmen Street.
Rongxian stood straight in the middle of the alley, and there was another person standing at the end of the alley.
The man's body and face were hidden in the invisible darkness, like a ghost, and even his words were filled with gusts of sinister wind.
It was the white-faced scribe beside King Yan.
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In the ninth year of God's blessing, it is the ninth day of October.
Li Yan, the commander of the Xiaomeng Army, summoned his three battalion commanders in his home to discuss matters, and they dispersed at night.
On November 12, the third battalion of the Xiaoxiong Army fought with the forbidden troops under the fourth battalion, six people were killed and 14 were seriously injured.
Afterwards, Longtuge was furious. Chief Assistant Han Zhang urgently reported to the Chongzheng Hall. After getting Zhao Zhen's approval, he dismissed the commanders of the third and fourth battalions of the Xiaoxiong Army, and assigned Chang Yuan, the commander of the Xiaoxiong Army, to temporarily take charge of his troops. .
On the eighteenth day of the twelfth month, King Yan left Bianjing City and stayed overnight at Qingyun Temple outside the city.
That night, the commander-in-chief of the Xiaomeng Army, Li Yan, and the commander-in-chief of the Xiaoxiong Army, Chang Yuan, each brought several of their trusted generals to the temple in disguise, and met with King Yan for a secret talk. After more than two hours, the generals quietly left. go.
After successfully recruiting the Rong family as allies, King Yan seemed to have taken a reassurance, and the pace of preparations for rebellion suddenly accelerated.
Under the calm surface of Bianjing City, there is a depressing atmosphere like a dark cloud over the city. It seems that there is no wind and no waves, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent and is about to explode.
In the tenth year of God's blessing, on the first day of the lunar month, Zhao Zhenlong was in poor health, so he ordered King Yong to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven on his behalf, which shocked the government and the public.
Not long after the first day of the new year, Qi Heng and Shen Jun, Gu Tingye and Shen Lingshu got married successively, and Wei Chen all gave generous gifts.
After the wedding, Gu Tingye took his wife back home and lived in Yuzhou for a long time. He took the opportunity to drink and chat with old friends such as Zhao Ceying and Shen Congxing.
During this period, Yuzhou regiment training envoy Zhao Zongquan received a secret edict from Bianjing.
In the edict, Zhao Zhen first praised Zhao Zongquan and his son, and then told Zhao Zongquan that when the new king came to the throne, he would do his best to assist the left.
After Zhao Zongquan received the secret edict, he didn't sleep for several days and nights.
Three days later, while Zhao Zongquan was tending crops in his private land in Mi County, he was suddenly attacked and killed by assassins. Fortunately, Gu Tingye and Zhao Ceying arrived in time, rescued Zhao Zongquan, and captured one alive.
After the torture, it was discovered that these assassins were actually sent by King Yan of Bianjing.
Gu Tingye and Zhao Ceying couldn't help but be a little confused after hearing this. Now that King Yong worships the emperor on behalf of the emperor, it is only a matter of time before he becomes the prince. Even if King Yan wants to fight for the throne, he should find ways to deal with King Yong. Why bother to assassinate the prince who is far away in Yuzhou? Where is Zhao Zongquan?
Could it be that King Yan was fully confident of replacing King Yong, so he could devote his energy to solving the secondary opponent Zhao Zongquan?
However, the battle for the throne has developed to this day. King Yong is expected to become the crown prince and is the general trend, while King Yan has a bleak future and is close to being eliminated.
In this situation, if King Yan still wants to stand up, there is only one way, and that is to overturn the entire chessboard!
At the thought of this, Gu Tingye couldn't help but feel his heart tremble, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.
Gu Tingye quickly found Zhao Ceying and told Zhao Ceying all his conjectures.
Zhao Ceying was an ambitious person. After listening to Gu Tingye's words, he immediately thought of the current situation in Bianjing and couldn't help but get ready to take action.
After returning home, Zhao Ceying kept encouraging Zhao Zongquan to go to Beijing to meet with the officials and make King Yan's crimes known to the world.
Seeing that Zhao Zongquan was procrastinating and hesitant, and wanted to hide in Zhuangzi outside the city for a few days, Zhao Ceying had no choice but to discuss with Gu Tingye to send someone to pretend to be an assassin and assassinate Zhao Zongquan again.
When the two sides were fighting, Gu Tingye deliberately fought the assassin to a close match and took a long time to capture him, creating the illusion that the assassin was becoming more and more powerful. If Zhao Zongquan did not go to Beijing to completely resolve the matter, he would sooner or later be killed by him.
After such a performance, Zhao Zongquan's idea of going to Beijing was confirmed.
At dawn, Gu Tingye settled down at home, and went on the road with Zhao Zongquan and his son disguised as businessmen, claiming to go to Beijing to file a complaint, but in fact they wanted to take advantage of the chaos.
At the same time, at the court meeting in Bianjing City, Zhao Zhen finally made it clear to the civil and military officials that he wanted to establish King Yong as the prince, and ordered the transfer of personnel from various ministries to the Hanlin Academy to prepare for the canonization of the prince.
Wei Chen, a lecturer of Hanlin Academy, editor Chen Shao, editor Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen, Liao Shiyu and others were among them.
