Beautiful and miserable be aesthetics

Chapter 119

The time to go to Foquan Temple to count the auspicious days is getting closer.

After using Mengpo powder that night, the palpitations from the previous nightmares have disappeared. Ying Jingjue thinks the effect is very good, so she uses it every day.

It's just that occasionally when I wake up in the morning, my eyes are sore, my mind is empty, and my heart is empty.

Sometimes he would stare at something in a daze, and when he was woken up by Xiao Zhizi, he would come back to his senses in a daze, completely unaware of what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty? You're distracted again."

"..."

"I didn't pay attention, go, ask the young master to enter the palace, I still have something to tell him." Ying Jing decided to put down the memorial and wrote a secret decree instead.

Asking auspicious days in Foquan Temple is a major event, and the steps are cumbersome.According to the original ancestral regulations, the eldest prince and the third prince should also go together, but they are guilty of participating in the power grab, and Ying Jing is definitely the new emperor. He doesn't mention it, and no one touches this bad luck.

There are very few royal family members, but this time the royal guard of honor to Foquan Temple was not simplified because of the small number of people. According to the rules handed down, burning paper, carrying sedan chairs, and turning around in front of the Golden Luan Hall three times, every process is indispensable.

On the day the guard of honor went to Foquan Temple, preparations began to be made everywhere in the palace.

The atmosphere in the capital was inexplicably tense.

The people gave way, and the streets were silent.

Ying Jingjue was wearing the emperor's full-standard clothes, and looked back at the imperial city.

Today, since he left here, the imperial city will not be peaceful.

And half an hour before he left, an extremely low-key carriage quietly left behind the Prince Regent's Palace.

A big ferocious bird folded its wings and nimbly slipped in through the curtain of the carriage. A few low coughs came from inside the carriage.

Li Ningfeng, the young master next to Changbanjun, did not follow this time, but wore armor and solemnly led the Xuanjia Guards and guards.

After watching the emperor's guard of honor leave, Li Ningfeng said in a deep voice, "Block the capital!"

"If anyone breaks out of the capital by force, kill them immediately!"

Just like a year ago, the Regent ordered the city to be closed.

He opened the Minghuang Secret Decree in his hand, reined in his horse and stood up, "Your Majesty has a decree."

"I inherit the will of the late emperor, to be on the side of the Qing emperor, to keep the court hall upright, to uphold the atmosphere, to kill traitors..."

Read it word by word, and you can see Ying Jingjue's courage between the lines.

From ancient times to the present, looking at the successive kings of the Dasheng Dynasty, none of them dared to completely clean up the court on the day of auspicious omen for the first emperor.

This is regarded as disrespecting the ancestors, not filial to the ancestors, and a great taboo.

But again, choosing to do it on this day is the least likely to arouse the vigilance of thoughtful people.

Ying Jing never thinks this is a taboo.

They are in charge of the family, and there is no ambitious emperor who does not hate corrupt officials.

With blood and determination, he firmly gathered power in his own hands.

If successful, he will become the first powerful emperor who has not yet reached the age of weak crown.

The capital city is a piece of rotten meat. What Li Ningfeng has to do now is to become the knife that scoops out the rotten meat and clean up the filth accumulated here.

The name of the official to be investigated is written on the secret decree.

Not only officials, but also many dignitaries who are attached to and entrenched.

Those who ransacked their homes and beheaded directly had their names written in red pen, and those who searched their homes and imprisoned them in imperial prisons had their names written in black pen.

At a glance, there are almost all scarlet letters densely packed.

The officials dispatched from the local area have already arrived in the capital. After this year's imperial examination, their seats will be filled immediately.And the new ministers have a clean foundation and are the best to control.

Today's capital, I am afraid that blood will flow into rivers.

Li Ningfeng saw the last name on the last line——

Lian Shenwei.

He was not surprised that the regent appeared here, but the color of his name made him feel a little surprised, and then he stopped thinking about it so much.

After the reading, nearly a thousand people said in a deep voice, "I will follow His Majesty's will!"

Li Ningfeng took a deep breath, put away the secret decree, and immediately took action with his troops.

Even Shen Wei didn't expect that Ying Jing would definitely choose to do it today.

He still doesn't know what's going on in the capital.

In the afternoon, in the suburbs of Beijing.

The carriage came to a slow stop, Tian Nan lifted the bamboo hat slightly, and opened the curtain: "Master, can you take a rest?"

"it is good."

Lian Shenwei got out of the carriage, his face was not very good-looking, he leaned against the side of the carriage and closed his eyes to relax.

He had his usual carriage, which was very comfortable, but the sign of the Prince Regent's House was too strong, so he didn't use it this time, and only used a very ordinary carriage.

It's okay in the capital, but when we reach the outskirts of Beijing, the road starts to bump.

Even Shen Wei didn't expect that she would be so uncomfortable just by changing a carriage.He had been fine riding on his own before.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he couldn't see the shape of other people's lips. Tian Nan could only worry silently, waiting for him to recover.

After a while, after coming out for a while, Lian Shenwei felt sleepy again.

A year ago, he fell asleep with a high fever and failed to see Ying Jingjue wearing the emperor's full-standard clothes. Today, he wanted to come near Foquan Temple and take a look from a distance.

Tian Nan came out with him, while Ming Zhu packed things in the mansion.

After tonight, he planned to leave the capital.

In fact, he originally wanted to wait for the Beiyi spies in the capital to find out before leaving, but he reckoned that the kid was about to attack him, and if he didn't leave, he might end up in the capital.

If this kid needs his death to gain his prestige, then he will burn down the Prince Regent's Palace, and there will be no such person as Lian Shenwei in the world.

There are royal guards around Foquan Temple, and he doesn't want to get close for the time being. The fortune-telling ceremony will start at Xu hour, and he is preparing now, and it won't be too late to get in by then.

Ah Xun was brought to the suburbs of Beijing by his master for the first time. He was so excited that he flew around and even pecked a wild rabbit back.

Tian Nan neatly roasted the wild rabbit, and cut a rabbit leg for Lian Shenwei.

"This subordinate is not good at Mingzhu. It is the first time to bake something outside. Master, you can try it."

Lian Shenwei took a sip and said calmly, "It's delicious."

Tian Nan's eyes lit up: "Then you should eat more."

He took a bite himself, and just after he ate it, his face froze.

Tian Nan almost spat out.

...what a strange smell.

Did he miss the sauce.

The master has always been meticulous in eating, how could he be able to eat this kind of thing.Tian Nan carefully glanced at Lian Shenwei's expression, but found nothing wrong.

He hesitated for a moment, put the plate down, and asked tentatively: "Master, isn't it a bit sweet?"

Lian Shenwei didn't realize it, and followed his words: "It's okay."

"..."

This roasted rabbit is not sweet, but salty, without any sweetness at all.

His eyes fell on Lian Shenwei's ear, and slowly moved to the side of his mouth where he was eating slowly.

Tian Nan was stunned.

After a long time, he raised his hand to stop Lian Shenwei's movement, and said in a shy voice: "Master, don't eat it, this rabbit is not tasty."

Lian Shenwei glanced at him and smiled: "I think it's okay."

Looking at his smile, Tian Nan felt as if his heart had been scratched by a knife, it hurt and blocked.

Thinking about it in a daze, it seems that a long time ago, when he and Mingzhu asked the master if the food was to your liking today, the master's answer changed from a detailed comment to a neutral one like 'it's okay' and 'yes' evaluate.

Because he can't taste it.

Tian Nan gently took the plate in his hand, put it aside, and planned to give it to Ah Shun later.

In fact, there are ready-made dry food in the carriage, but the master is not in good health now, he and Mingzhu don't want him to eat these, so they prepare cooking utensils that can make some simple food.

Tian Nan put the dry food in front of Lian Shenwei.

Lian Shen was slightly puzzled: "What's the matter, you don't seem to be in a good mood."

Thinking it was because of the roasted rabbit, Lian Shenwei comforted him with a funny face: "It's okay, I think it's quite delicious."

Tian Nan looked at him with an indescribable sadness in his eyes.

He said, "Master, the roasted rabbit is salty."

Lian Shen was slightly taken aback.

When night fell, the air in the imperial city was filled with a strong smell of blood.

I don't know if it's because the sky can't stand it anymore, a small patter of autumn rain is slowly falling, cleaning it silently.

The news was severely blocked.

When Li Ningfeng led the people to the gate of the Prince Regent's Mansion, the lights in the mansion were still on.

He turned the blood-stained spear to one side, his hair was wet, and he was full of evil spirits, and said coldly: "Surround! Kick the door!"

boom!

After a few strokes, the door of the Prince Regent's Mansion was kicked open, and a group of people rushed in quickly.

Mingzhu was packing things in the warehouse, her ears trembled when she heard the noise, she locked the door and hurried to the main hall.

He saw the leading boy at a glance.

Is the master's student.

She had secretly guarded the frontier for a period of time.

But at this time, it is menacing, and it must not be a good thing.

Mingzhu squinted his eyes, put his hands on his waist, and said in a deep voice: "Dare to ask the little marquis, what is your business here!"

Li Ningfeng knows Mingzhu, Lian Shenwei's confidant.

Since the confidant is here, even Shenwei should be in the mansion.

Through the rain and fog, he glanced at the layout of the Prince Regent's Mansion, and it was much simpler and more elegant than he had imagined.

Li Ningfeng withdrew his gaze: "According to His Majesty's will, please ask the regent to go to the Imperial Prison."

Going to the Imperial Prison, he originally thought that Jing would directly let him kill Lian Shenwei here, but he didn't expect to be imprisoned in the Imperial Prison temporarily.

Is it because of the original teacher-student friendship, so you want to deal with it yourself?

half an hour ago.

Ye Fu.

Because of Yanniang's abnormality that night, Ye Mingqin entrusted a small part of the errands at hand to others, planning to make a game.

There is still time now, if Yanniang is okay, she will try her best to rush to Foquan Temple, just in time to arrive before the divination ceremony begins.

After Ye Mingqin finished thinking, he rolled in the muddy ground, got himself wet and dirty, and hurried back to the house in the rain.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, he shouted: "Yan Niang, Yan Niang!"

When Yanniang heard the movement, she thought that something had happened, she came out in a hurry, and covered her mouth in shock when she saw Ye Mingqin: "What's the matter? Hurry up! Come in!"

Ye Mingqin feigned tears, sighed, and didn't speak.

Yanniang panicked even more.

She had never seen Ye Mingqin like this.

Ye Mingqin was angry and helpless after asking several times in every possible way, "I told you before that I was going to Foquan Temple, but I was robbed by others! I really got robbed! This is a good opportunity for promotion." !"

"I couldn't get angry, and after a few words with that person, I was held in a mud pit and beaten up."

Yanniang covered her mouth: "It's too hateful!"

Ye Mingqin shook his head and sighed: "It's not that I'm willing to fight, it's because there is no money in the house, not to mention that I have already agreed to teach your children to read, and the future expenses will be..."

"That's why I thought about going to Foquan Temple. If it's done, there will be rewards, and you don't need to be short of money."

Yanniang hesitated: "Actually, it's not bad this time, Foquan Temple, it's good if we don't compete with others. Your lord's talent is outstanding, and he won't just let it go."

Ye Mingqin: "No, once you retreat this time, someone may force you to retreat again in the future. Until there is no way to retreat."

After changing her clothes, she stood up with a firm expression, "I'm going to make a reservation for this Foquan Temple!"

"Yanniang, I regard you as a friend, so I naturally know that if I fail, you two will have nothing to rely on. So I must go to Foquan Temple."

Ye Mingqin brushed away Yanniang's hand, turned around and left.

Yanniang gritted her teeth: "Wait!"

Ye Mingqin turned her back to her, her footsteps stopped suddenly, her eyes were complicated, and after two seconds, she turned her head and asked simply, "What's wrong?"

Yanniang: "Foquan Temple is not safe!"

Ye Mingqin's eyes suddenly sharpened.

When Eunuch Li heard in the palace that Li Ningfeng had gone to the Regent's Palace to search for it, he was stunned for a long while, and his face turned pale.

Trembling, he took out the late emperor's last decree, which was hidden tightly, and then guarded it all the way, bringing a few guards who had served in front of the late emperor's imperial court, and galloped away after leaving the palace gate.

Against the chilly autumn rain, Eunuch Li prayed silently in his heart.

Ancestor, please bless that there is nothing wrong with the Prince Regent's Mansion now. If something really happened, how could he have the face to face the trust of the late emperor.

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Mingzhu was cut back fiercely, half kneeling and pressed to the ground.

The kung fu she learned was all killing moves, although the state of internal strength was higher than that of Li Ningfeng, but she didn't dare to attack him, and she was at a disadvantage because of avoiding his moves.

"open!"

Li Ningfeng raised his hand to seal her acupuncture points: "Search!"

"Yes!"

Several columns of guards rushed to each room in the mansion, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, very rude, and a few people ran to the master's bedroom in the mansion.

Ming Zhu was furious instantly: "Young Master!"

A piece of cloth was stuffed into her mouth, and she could not speak immediately.

"Call-"

"Young Lord, stop!"

Eunuch Li almost rolled off the horse, flustered, the eunuch's voice was already sharp, but this sudden slam made the spear in Li Ningfeng's hand almost fall in fright.

He turned his head abruptly, and asked in surprise, "You are... Eunuch Li?"

Eunuch Li looked around first, and found that there was no such irreversible scene as he thought, such as a sea of ​​fire and a river of blood. There was only a confidant of the regent who was captured, and his heart was relieved immediately.

He heaved a sigh of relief, his face became solemn, and he took out Emperor Jing Cheng's edict from his arms: "The late emperor's edict, all of you kneel down and listen!"

The last emperor's edict? !

Li Ningfeng calmed down and knelt on the ground, while the guards of the imperial city clattered to their knees.

Eunuch Li took a deep breath.

"I know that there is not much time left, so I hereby issue this edict. Jing decides my son, the Regent Lian Shenwei is the benefactor of the Dasheng Dynasty. No matter what mistakes he makes from then on, he will be punished as innocent. Respect."

Li Ningfeng raised his head suddenly: "Eunuch Li, this is impossible!"

Eunuch Li: "Young Master, if you don't believe me, you can come and see for yourself!"

This posthumous edict was written by him after watching the first emperor stroke by stroke with his own eyes, so it is absolutely impossible to make a fake.Didn't he suspect that his vision was wrong?But the edict is clearly written in this way.

Having been with the first emperor for so many years, he knew how bad the regent's reputation was, and also knew that some of the things the regent did were indeed not acts of loyalty to the emperor.

However, the first emperor had great trust in the regent, even to the point of blindness, and he didn't dote on his sons that much.

Even before his death, fearing that the regent would be liquidated by the new emperor, he specially left such a will.

It just came in handy today.

During this gap, Li Ningfeng had already carefully read the edict——

This is real.

His mind suddenly became chaotic: "Why did the late emperor leave such a share..."

Eunuch Li shook his head: "Only the late Emperor knows about this matter."

"This is the end of the matter, Young Master, it's getting late, we'd better not disturb the regent's rest, and we will make a conclusion after His Majesty comes back from Foquan Temple and sees this edict."

Li Ningfeng lowered his eyes, his dark pupils were cold and hard, and his fingers wet by the rain squeezed a corner of the bright yellow silk cloth tightly.

He suddenly said: "No!"

Eunuch Li was surprised: "Young Master?"

Li Ningfeng said: "This edict only says that the Prince Regent is innocent no matter what he does, but it doesn't say that we cannot investigate the Palace of the Prince Regent!"

What Jing decided to explain, the end of this operation, even related to the dignity of the emperor, he had to search here anyway.

Eunuch Li: "Little Marquis, think about it clearly, this is an anti-decree!"

"It's not against the decree, it's to obey the holy order."

Li Ningfeng cast his eyes coldly, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to lose your head? Search for me! I'll take care of it if it happens!"

Ming Zhu was almost stunned by anger, and desperately spat out the cloth in his mouth.

Team after team of soldiers searched the room, even Shen Wei's room was not spared.There was no one in the room, and after Li Ning sealed it in, he frowned without a trace.

If you are not in the bedroom at this time, where can you go?

run away?

Impossible, apart from Ying Jingjue and him, even his father didn't know about this matter, and the news was blocked to the extreme. Now that Lian Shenwei has been deprived of power, he must not receive the news in advance.

Besides, if he escaped, how could he let his confidant stay here to guard.

There is a pot of Clivia growing on the window sill, and the flowers are blooming very well, which is very eye-catching.

Li Ningfeng sneered a few times: "The flower raised by such a person is actually Clivia." And it seems that the flower is not bad.

He thought it was a fortune flower.

Gather wealth and power?

He walked to the desk, raised his hand and knocked on the table, after a sudden pause, he knocked again a few times.

There are organs here.

There were soldiers rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the room looking for things, Li Ningfeng turned around the table, his eyes fell on the bookshelf on the back wall thoughtfully.

He picked up the things on the table one by one to try, and when he got the pen holder, he couldn't lift it anymore.

Li Ningfeng narrowed his eyes, and tentatively turned his hands to the left and right.

click-click-

The organ was triggered, and the bookshelves moved away automatically.

Inside was a sword case.

Just at this moment, a soldier found an exquisite box beside the bed.

After opening it, the soldier raised his head and said, "Young Master! There are a lot of letters here!"

letter.

This is a very private thing, and it is easy to find out something.

Li Ningfeng ignored the sword box first: "Bring it here."

The small box in which the letter is placed is ebony wood, one inch of gold, very expensive, and has the effect of preserving ink marks for a long time. So much ebony wood was unexpectedly made into a box for holding letters.

One can imagine how important the contents are to the owner of the box.

His hands were wet, he wiped it casually on his body, and opened the first letter on it.

But after reading the first eight characters, he froze on the spot.

It says:

[Seeing the words as faces, Ximian kisses:

[…]

sleep.

Dormancy kisses.

Li Ningfeng seemed to have been beaten with a sap, his mind went blank, and he almost didn't recognize these two words.

Isn't this the Regent's Palace?

Why are there letters from Master? !

He looked at these words for a long time, so long that the soldier next to him thought something happened, "Young Master?"

Li Ningfeng took half a step back subconsciously, he forced himself to calm down, and continued to look down.

The handwriting became more and more familiar.

Sure enough, he saw Uncle Qiu's name on the final signature.

The content of the letter is clearly about what happened when he was in the frontier.

Unconsciously, his fingers were trembling slightly.

Li Ningfeng suddenly poured out all the letters inside——

There are probably dozens of copies.

He is familiar with most of the envelope materials.

Because it was a letter he wrote to Master.

Such a treasure is kept in a box.

Li Ningfeng opened one of the letters, which was written when he just learned of Jing Jue's plan a few days ago:

[Master:

Disciples share one thing with you.

Tuer has a friend who was very conflicted when he was young, but now that he is in a high position, he has become very decisive.But it's also for the good of the common people. The sooner the cancer that once covered the sky with one hand is removed, the court will be clearer sooner.

I didn't embarrass you, but it played a key role in it.

I don't know where the master is recently?When this matter is over, I will go find you. ]

As if his soul had been taken away by someone, he turned backwards...

All of them.

There were even one or two unfinished replies, which he could recognize as Master's handwriting.

But Master's handwriting is obviously different from Lian Shenwei's!

Li Ningfeng's mind was in a mess, he took a deep breath suddenly, and turned to look at the sword box he put on the case.

Why would such a secret institution be specially set up in the family of a powerful minister who lacks internal strength and martial arts to place the sword box? !

He walked over in two or three steps, but paused for a second when his hand fell on the sword box, he didn't know what he was afraid of.Li Ningfeng moved his fingertips to the buckle in the middle of the sword box.

A slight movement.

Click.

He raised his hand.

A long sword with 'Cangshan' engraved on the hilt lies quietly in the sword box.

Beside the Cangshan sword, there is also a blue hole flute, which was sealed in a box by the owner, and has not seen the sun for an unknown period of time.

Looking at this sword, Li Ningfeng suddenly remembered that at his reception banquet before, when Lian Shenwei fought with him, that amazing sword that defeated him with that one move.

Lian Shenwei.

sleep.

Master.

How can this make him believe...

Li Ningfeng walked up to Mingzhu, raised his hand and pulled the cloth in her mouth, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What does the regent... have to do with Mr. Xi Mian?"

Ming Zhu stared at him coldly, turning his face away.

Li Ningfeng: "Say."

"Do you know if Lian Shenwei is my master?"

The damp and cold breath of the rain outside diffused in from the threshold, and the air was full of lingering water vapor.

A man in official uniform rushed in. Ye Mingqin rushed in with anxious eyes. The moment he saw Li Ningfeng, he couldn't even catch his breath: "There are spies from Beiyi suspected in Foquan Temple!"

"Your Majesty may be in danger!"

"what?!"

Ming Zhu and Li Ningfeng said at the same time.

Li Ning Feng suddenly lowered his head and stared at her: "The regent is not in the mansion, where is he?!"

If you were in the mansion, how could you not even risk such a big commotion.

Mingzhu knew that his master had been investigating the spies of Beiyi, and his master had also suspected Foquan Temple, but after sending people to investigate, there was no news at all, so he set his sights on other places.

But don't let anything happen to you.

The uneasiness in her heart rapidly expanded, and she gritted her teeth after weighing it up.

"Master, go to see His Majesty's Divination Ceremony, it's near Foquan Temple now!"