"Second Mother, do you know what you're talking about?" Yu Wenxian almost suspected that his ears were wrong.
Dou Yan sniffed: "I saw it all around. His Majesty was seriously ill in bed. My cousin came over and said, said..."
She suddenly saw her relatives, and she was a little excited, and she couldn't even speak for a while.
Yu Wenxian held her shoulders and helped her sit down: "Don't worry, you speak slowly."
Solvay poured water and handed it over himself.
Holding the warm cup, Dou Yan seemed to gradually regain the strength to speak: "Cousin came to visit His Majesty, but said to His Majesty: Why are you still not dead? One day, I couldn't feel comfortable, I finally made you lie in bed and couldn't get up, but you still refused to give up, tossing people in vain!"
It is not difficult for Dou Yan to repeat these words word for word. She has been wise since she was a child and is familiar with the classics. She also advised Yu Wenyong to endure humiliation for the country and not treat the Queen Ashina too coldly. Yu Wenyong liked this niece very much, and once lamented why Dou Yan was not a man, and he kept her by his side since he was a child. When Dou Yan was younger, he lived in the palace for a few years. Even after returning home, she went in and out. The court is also very free, and you don't have to go through numerous checkpoints like ordinary people.
Given her reputation for being smart in the clan, Yu Wenxian had no doubts about the authenticity of Dou Yan's remarks.
Yu Wenxian was shocked and angry: "Does he really say that?"
Dou Yan nodded: "At that time, His Majesty was ill, and my cousin's long-suppressed temper was gradually exposed. I didn't want to meet him more. When I heard him coming, I first found a place in the bedroom to avoid it, and then I heard him. My cousin said this to His Majesty... At that time, His Majesty was angry and said that he was disobedient and unfilial, and he had to ask someone to draft an edict saying that he would abolish the Crown Prince, but my cousin asked His Majesty not to waste his energy, but, still... "
She clutched the cup tightly, her face was pale, and she couldn't hide her horror, as if she had returned to the scene of that day. She hid behind the thick curtain, and through that gap, she saw Yu Wenyun standing in front of the dragon couch, bent He pulled up the quilt on Yu Wenyong by his waist, and then...
"He suffocated His Majesty! Yu Wenyun suffocated His Majesty, I saw it all!" Dou Yanwu cried, unable to control himself.
No one spoke in the room for a while, only heavy breathing and Dou Yan's crying.
Yu Wenxian's expression changed, and he was speechless for a while.
Su Wei was shocked and did not retreat for a long time. He tried his best to avoid the government and lived in the wilderness. No matter how Yu Wenyong invited him, he refused to take up an official position. It was only because he had a strong personal relationship with Yu Wenxian, Pu Liurujian and others that he took the risk of taking him in. Yu Wenxian didn't expect to hear a shocking story about imperial power's rebellion.
It is not uncommon for a father and son to kill each other in the royal family, but Yu Wenyun has long been established as the crown prince, and sooner or later the throne will belong to him. If Yu Wenyun can't wait, he can't wait to kill his father, that would be really conscientious.
Shen Qiao asked Dou Yan, "Yu Wenyun knew you heard it, so he wanted to arrest you?"
Dou Yan nodded with red eyes: "At that time, I hid inside and didn't dare to move, for fear of being discovered by Yu Wenyun. I only came out after he left. He announced the news of His Majesty's death outside. When Yu Wenyun discovered it, he suspected that I might have seen him kill His Majesty, so he sent someone to chase him home, and wanted me to enter the palace in the name of cousins and sisters."
Su Wei: "Do your father and Princess Xiangyang know about this?"
Dou Yan: "My cousin is suspicious by nature. I am afraid that they will show their signs in front of my cousin after they know the inside story, so I dare not reveal a few words to them. My aunt and aunt only think that I am deeply saddened by the death of the late emperor. , I immediately sent someone to the door, I was afraid that my father and mother would not be able to stop me, so I sneaked out alone, I wanted to go to the side house to find someone, who knows that there is no one there."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, Solvay opened the door and went out, and after a while, he brought a bowl of hot noodle soup.
"Ayan is hungry, let's eat something first."
After all, Dou Yan is a child under ten years old. No matter how smart and calm he is, after being hungry for several meals, he can't help salivating when he sees this bowl of noodle soup. He eats without saying a word. Fly, showing a bit of gobbling.
Yu Wenxian looked sad and couldn't help but said, "Eat slowly, don't choke."
Shen Qiao: "Since Yu Wenyun is such a person, could it be that the late emperor didn't notice it when he was in power?"
He had also met Yu Wenyong once, but the other party was really not such a faint-hearted person.
Su Wei remembered that he hadn't introduced Shen Qiao yet, so he said to Yu Wenxian: "His Royal Highness King Qi, this is Taoist Shen from Xuandu Mountain."
Yu Wenxian sighed: "Daochang Shen doesn't know anything. When the late emperor was alive, he was very strict with the prince. Because he knew that the prince was addicted to alcohol, he didn't even allow half a drop of alcohol to appear in the East Palace. The prince was dissatisfied for a long time, just because the late emperor was still there You have to endure hard.”
Needless to say, Shen Qiao already understood.
Yu Wenyun has been suppressed for too long, and his temperament is inevitably deviated, becoming tyrannical and easy to kill, but his father is in his prime, and he doesn't know when he will be able to take the throne, so he can't wait to start.
As for Yu Wenyong, even if he is the prince, whether he can harm Yu Wenyong by himself, it is useless to investigate the root cause. Yuwenyong banned Buddhism and banned Taoism, destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was ready to fight against the Turks. There were many enemies all over the world, and many people were willing to cooperate with Yuwenyong. Just one queen, Ashina, who was close to the water tower, had many more opportunities than others. .
Shen Qiao suddenly remembered Yan Wushi. His previous evaluation of Yu Wenyun and his judgment on the Northern Zhou Dynasty Bureau were now realized one by one.
Thinking of the scene in the small temple, his heart trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath and force it down.
"I heard from outside the city that Yuwen Yun is doing a lot of construction projects, building palaces, and arresting many people who have made comments from Shangshu?"
He was not a commoner of the Zhou Dynasty, and because Yu Wenyun was indeed unpopular, no one felt inappropriate to call him by his first name at this time.
Su Wei: "This is a long story. After the death of the late emperor, according to the etiquette system, the mourning was supposed to be held for more than a month, but His Majesty only kept it for about ten days, and then ordered to remove the uniform. Following filial piety, His Majesty said that the ancestors of the Yuwen clan were from Xianbei, and there was no need to follow the etiquette of the Han family, and there was no need for ministers to talk nonsense about the affairs of the heavenly family. Release Beijing."
Yu Wenxian continued: "Your Majesty thinks that the palace where he lives now is too small and has no heavenly style, so he needs to rebuild the palace, and build a garden outside the palace for the royal hunting and rest. With little manpower and financial resources, the late emperor refused to increase taxes on the common people, so he confiscated all the property from the Qi Palace into the national treasury. Who would have thought that after His Majesty ascended the throne, the property would be transferred out and transferred to the inner treasury…”
Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly: "Many people have been sparsed because of this, and they have been suppressed by His Majesty."
Shen Qiao frowned: "Tiger father and dog son, what a pity!"
Zhou Chao saw the prosperity of the country, is it really going to be ruined in the hands of this son
Yu Wenxian shook his head: "The Taoist master is devoted to martial arts, and he may not know very much about the intrigue between the court and the court. This move, Your Majesty, is obviously to use money for his own use, but in fact it is to exclude dissidents and try to find out who is truly loyal. His people. Those who are nostalgic for the late emperor, or who are unwilling to follow His Majesty wholeheartedly, he naturally has to do it first, so as not to leave future troubles. After all, His Majesty has been a prince for many years, and he naturally knows how to master these emperors’ minds.”
Su Wei said coldly: "Yeah, I don't know anything about running a country, and eradicating dissidents is self-taught, so that His Royal Highness King Qi has to run to me to avoid disaster!"
Yu Wenxian smiled bitterly.
Thinking of what Yan Wushi once said to help Yu Wenxian, Shen Qiao said: "Forgive the poor and bluntly, it has been said since ancient times, there is more help if you get the way, and there is little help if you lose the way. It will be broken. Now that the state of Qi has just been merged into the territory, the foundation is still unstable, and the Turks are eyeing and waiting for opportunities, and His Royal Highness King Qi is known for his prestige..."
Yu Wenxian made a gesture, he did not pretend to be frightened and confused, but looked sad: "I know what Daochang Shen wants to say, after His Majesty ascended the throne, he took back all the military power in my hands, and ordered people to monitor my house day and night, and take me to the throne. The whole family is under house arrest in the house, not to mention that the late emperor was very kind to me, I don't have that kind of intention at all. If I really want to do something wrong, wouldn't it just let him get away with it, so that he can detain me as a chaotic minister and thief. infamy?"
Su Wei: "Daochang Shen didn't know anything. After the death of the late emperor, His Majesty lifted the prohibitions of the late Emperor one by one, and once again enshrined Zen Master Xueting as the national teacher. Now the concubine Yuan Gui, who is next to His Majesty, is also a lay disciple of Zen Master Xueting."
With Xueting, the great Buddha in charge, it is basically impossible to eliminate Yu Wenyun through assassination. If it is clear, Yu Wenxian does not have many advantages, and he himself is not willing to fight for it.
Dou Yan had finished eating the noodles long ago, and his face returned to blood, and he was listening carefully to what they had to say.
Yu Wenxian smiled when he saw this: "The Taoist priest sent Ayan here, but I haven't thanked you yet."
Shen Qiao: "It's just a matter of raising a hand, King Qi doesn't have to worry about it."
Yu Wenxian: "The Taoist priest is here in Chang'an, but what's the important thing?"
Shen Qiao: "I was entrusted by my old friend. I wanted to come to Beijing to check on the emperor's well-being, but who knows it's a step too late."
Yu Wenxian: "The old friend you are talking about is Master Yan?"
Shen Qiao: "Exactly. Sect Master Yan had anticipated that the capital was likely to undergo a sudden change when he was under heavy siege. He once told me that if anything happened to the late emperor, he would come to King Qi."
Yu Wenxian smiled bitterly: "I understand what Sect Master Yan means, but he thinks highly of me. Now that I have little military power left, what's the point of fighting apart from bloodshed and killing innocent people in vain?"
Su Wei disagreed and said, "Then your Highness can't just sit still like this? You have led the army for many years and you have a great prestige in the army. Even if you don't have the military power at this time, as long as you climb up and shout, there will still be many people who are willing to respond. There may not be room to turn around.”
Yuwenxian said angrily, "If Yuwenyun threatens my family, what can I do? Is it possible to disregard their lives and still want to ascend to the throne? So what is the difference between me and Yuwenyun? If the name is not right, the words are not right. Yu Wenyun is the king who succeeds the throne. Even if he did such a thing to the late emperor, how many people would know about it? Zhuang Yuwen Yun calmly retreated. At that time, they will be the king of the territory, and the Zhou Dynasty will have civil strife again. The great situation of finally reunifying the north will be gone. This is what my brothers and I have worked hard for these years. How can I just watch myself become the sinner who indirectly caused the turmoil in the Zhou Dynasty?"
Solvay was silent.
Dou Yan seemed to understand, tears filled his eyes, and he was about to cry.
Shen Qiao couldn't help sighing secretly.
Some people are destined to be kind and soft-hearted. It has nothing to do with whether they have killed or how many people they have killed. In a chaotic world, this kind of temperament is destined to be impossible to become a hero, so even if Yu Wenxian knew how to do it, he could not do it.
"Fearless, you have never been willing to have more contacts with the clan, and the reason why I have a close personal relationship with me is because I am different from those clans that don't take human life seriously? Instead, you are now persuading me to go there. One way to go?"
Su Wei sighed and bowed his hands: "I made a mistake, please don't blame it, Your Highness!"
Yu Wenxian supported him: "You know me best, others say that I was born rich and can be a soldier, and I have galloped on the battlefield and killed countless enemies, but if I could choose, from the beginning, I would not be willing to join the army, and would rather find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. In this place, bring a whole family over there, grow flowers and grass, that is the bliss of life!"
But now, the dignified and powerful King Qi can only hide here and survive.
Seeing that everyone was sad, Yu Wenxian took the initiative to ask Shen Qiao: "What is the Daoist's plan now?"
Shen Qiao thought for a while: "I wonder if King Qi knows the whereabouts of Bianbianmei?"
Yu Wenxian shook his head: "After the death of the first emperor, people in Bianfu went to the empty building overnight, and no one knew where they went. I think Brother Bian knew about today's disaster, so he avoided it early. , he has far more foresight than I am."
Su Wei: "If Taoist Master Shen doesn't dislike it, he will stay in the Su mansion first. You were kind to my Su family that day, and my mother often remembers it. My younger brother also admires the Taoist master's martial arts character. Now, as it happens, I can too. Bring your mother and brother out to meet you."
Now that Yu Wenyong is dead and Bianbianmei is nowhere to be seen, although he wants to find Yan Wushi as soon as possible, he doesn't know where to look, so he can only slowly inquire about the movements of the Huanyue Sect or Hehuan Sect, while Chang'an extends in all directions. , the news is obviously much better than in other places, and it is also an option to live here temporarily.
Thinking of this, Shen Qiao said, "Then I will trouble the county magistrate of Meiyang."
Su Wei smiled and said, "The Taoist priest doesn't need to see the outside world, just call me fearless."
Several people were talking, and there was a knock on the door outside. Su Wei went to open the door, and saw his confidant maid standing outside: "Lang Jun, two people came at the back door, one big and one small, claiming to be the part of His Royal Highness King Qi, It's called Yan Ying, and she said that she brought Xiao Langjun from the Prince Qi's mansion and wanted to ask to see His Royal Highness Prince Qi."
Su Wei frowned: "How could they know that King Qi is here with me?"
Yu Wenxian said: "Is it Yan Ying, he is indeed my strong arm in the army, maybe the princess told him, and asked him to take Qilang here to escape first, let them come in first, I'll go out and meet ."
Solvay took them out of the study along the original secret passage and came to the flower hall.
The maid hurried to spread the word, and after a while, a young man with a child in his arms came over behind the maid.
Yu Wenxian was surprised and happy: "Yan Ying! Did you bring Qilang?"
The other party knelt down with a plop, tears welling up in his eyes: "Your Highness, you want to shame Yanying!"
Yuwenxian said loudly: "Get up, get up! The man doesn't cry easily, what are you doing, get up!"
He took the child in Yan Ying's arms, who held Yu Wenxian's face, looked at it seriously for a long time, and said, "Dad, you are thin."
Yu Wenxian hugged him tightly, before letting go after a while: "How did you find this place?"
Yan Ying: "Since your Highness your disappearance, there have been rumors in Beijing that you were the one who was killed by Yu Wenyun..."
Under Yu Wenxian's gaze, Yu Wenxian reluctantly changed his words: "I was put under house arrest by the emperor, and Prince Qi's mansion was surrounded for several days. We were all in a hurry, but without you speaking, we would not Dare to do anything, Wei Xu said, in order to avoid any emergency in the Qi Palace, let me go to the princess first, ask your whereabouts, and then take the little princes out one by one and send them to a safe place to avoid the emperor. What do you do in a rage!"
Yu Wenxian: "So the princess asked you to bring Qilang out?"
Yan Ying: "Yes, the princess said that Qilang is the youngest, and he has not yet been on the ultimatum. Even if there is something wrong, it is not easy to be found, so he asked his subordinates to bring Qilang to see you."
His own princess had already thought about the worst situation. Yu Wenxian was sad when he heard the words, so he could only hug the child in his arms tightly.
However, Su Wei looked solemn: "You said, Wei Xu suggested you to do this? Did you find someone following you along the way with Qilang?"
Yan Ying thought hard: "It shouldn't be, I'm very careful..."
Just after saying this, Shen Qiao's expression changed and he straightened up.
Others couldn't help but pay attention: "Shen Taoist?"
Shen Qiao: "There are many soldiers and horses rushing towards here!"
The faces of everyone changed suddenly, and Su Wei shouted: "Quick, go into the dark room!"
Yu Wenxian said, "It's too late, the other party must be following Yan Ying and surrounding the Su family, intending to wipe out the Su family. If the Su family can't be handed over, His Majesty will definitely not give up!"
Yan Ying slapped her thigh: "Could it be that Wei Xu, the bastard, deliberately asked me to find the princess, and the princess would trust me, tell me your whereabouts, and then follow me?!"
While they were talking, the team had already arrived outside Su's house, slamming the door so violently that it was so violent that everyone in the flower hall could hear it from afar.
The housekeeper of the Su residence hurriedly came over to report: "Master, it's not good, there are a lot of people outside, saying that they were ordered by your majesty to come to arrest King Qi. If we don't open the door, we will rush in, what should we do? !"
Yu Wenxian sighed: "It's a blessing, not a disaster, it's a disaster that can't be avoided. It seems that I am doomed to doom. You go to open the door of the house, and I'll just go with them. Don't let them hurt the people of the Su family!"
Su Wei sighed: "What are you going to do! Even if you don't go out, my Su family can't run away with the accusation of hiding and covering up. Why bother with so much, you go to hide first, I will deal with them myself, and they will not dare to The Su family has been demolished!"
"It seems that the county magistrate of Meiyang doesn't take His Majesty in his eyes at all, and would rather hide the imperial prisoners and bring disaster to the whole family!" The sneer came from a distance, but it was clearly audible.
A few people like Su Wei who had no internal foundation, suddenly felt that the words and sentences were beating on everyone's heart, and they were all shocked.
Among the people who walked in, the first was Yu Wenqing, who had been to Chen Guo with Shen Qiao, but the one who spoke was not him, but the person behind him.
This person, Shen Qiao, is no stranger to him, but when the other party saw Shen Qiao, he was slightly surprised, and immediately laughed: "Shen Daochang, where in the world we don't meet, how can we meet you anywhere?"
"Murong Qin." Shen Qiao called out his name and said lightly, "Is Chen Gong okay?"
Murong Qin laughed: "Of course it's excellent, I forgot to tell Daoist Shen that my lord has been conferred the title of Duke Zhao by His Majesty because of his meritorious devotion to Tai Ajian."
The author has something to say:
Lao Yan: My daughter-in-law's heart shudders when she thinks of me now. Hey, old man Qi, did you see it
Qi Fengge: I'm going to dream tonight, hehe.