Is the prince abolished today?

Chapter 30

Mu Yun didn't do anything drastic, but let the eunuch quietly spread the news: Recently, a pair of gold silk soft armor handed down from the previous dynasty was discovered in the territory of Gaochang Kingdom. , many nobles in the country are secretly bidding to buy it, even some nobles and princes in the palace participated.

This kind of news that sounds abnormal and intriguing is always easier to attract attention than normal news, not to mention that there is a powerful pusher behind it.In just one afternoon, the news spread like catkins flying all over the sky in spring to every corner of the imperial capital, from high-ranking officials and dignitaries to traffickers and pawns, everyone was discussing this rare event.

As for what the truth is, everyone has their own ideas.

For example, Mrs. Wei, who has never given up looking for the relics of her eldest son and daughter-in-law these years, sent someone to Gaochang Kingdom immediately with a bank note based on the principle that she would rather make a mistake than miss it.

Another example is Emperor Changping, who has been feeling guilty for his friends and couples all these years.

Upon receiving the news, Emperor Changping immediately sent his inner secret agents to Gaochang Kingdom, but at the same time he did another thing, asking Zongluting to secretly investigate which concubines or princes in the palace were involved in this matter.

Ordinary people can just take this matter as an interesting pastime, but as an emperor, he must see it more profoundly and thoroughly.

The place where Wei Zhizhang and his wife died was not far from Gaochang Kingdom. If the golden silk soft armor was really a relic of Mrs. Wei, those nobles or concubines and princes who paid high prices to snap up it were out of awe and memory of the heroes. Heart, that's why he paid out of his own pocket to retrieve the relics for the Wei family?

Heh, apparently, they were using the golden silk soft armor as a bargaining chip to win over Wei Zhao and the Dingbeihou Mansion, or in other words, win over the 30 troops of the Northern Xinjiang camp.

The dead are the big ones, and this kind of behavior that uses other people's longing for the dead mother to satisfy one's own selfish desires is so hateful.It was not easy for him to have an excellent courtier who he could trust wholeheartedly and confidant to his heart. Fortunately, they were thinking of poaching the wall every day, so that Wei Zhao, who had always kept himself clean, would follow them to learn the way of forming a party for personal gain. exhausted.

Emperor Changping this afternoon, Longyan was furious.

This afternoon, Mrs. Wei, sitting alone in front of the catkin-scattered hall, inevitably missed her eldest son and daughter-in-law who had passed away for many years, and her eyes were sad.

Compared with Long Yan's angry Emperor Changping and the dejected old Mrs. Wei, Empress Ji's mood at this moment can be described as panic.The golden silk soft armor, which she regarded as a heavyweight bargaining chip, has also become a hot potato that she can't even throw away.

Now let alone let her son take that thing to curry favor with Wei Zhao, Empress Ji can't wait to find a place where no one will see and burn it immediately.Especially when she heard that Emperor Changping had secretly sent the Great Inner Shadow Guards to Gaochang to investigate the matter, Empress Ji, who was terrified and frightened, immediately fell ill, and quickly sent her confidant to tell the eldest prince Mu Jue to enter the palace to discuss countermeasures.

Prince's Mansion.

The teenager's black hair was wet on his shoulders, most of his body was soaked in the bath, only a section of his fair and clean back was exposed outside, holding a small can of freshly squeezed watermelon juice in his hand, leaning against the wall of the pool to take a bath .

Things are going smoothly as he expected, and maybe... even greater sequelae will be caused. Thinking of his cheap big brother who fetched water from a bamboo basket, it is hard for him to feel bad.

The bathroom was steaming, and except for Gao Jili who stood guard at the door, the other servants were sent away.

The servants of the Prince's Mansion have long been used to such scenes.Although I don't know why, but their little highnesses never allow anyone other than senior officials to serve them when they take a bath.

As the only person who was lucky enough to serve him close by, Gao Jili waited at the door with his sleeves in his sleeves after he had finished applying soap locusts and making bubbles for His Royal Highness. Yi walked in lightly, and coaxed: "It's almost the time of Hai, let the old slave serve His Highness to change clothes."

The boy put down the juice and yawned. Fang lazily stretched out his two jade-white arms like lotus joints like a kitten, and let Gao Jili dry his body and put on a clean and refreshing pajamas.

The pure cotton material is as white and soft as clouds, which is very comfortable on the skin.

Gao Jili couldn't help noticing the bruise on the side of the boy's waist. It was just a two-finger-thick dark bruise before he entered the bath. Now after soaking in hot water for a long time, it has turned into a big black bruise. Very creepy.

The little highness only said perfunctorily that it was knocked accidentally, but the shape and the trace, Gao Jili clearly looked like it was pinched out by someone's hand.Who is it that dares to treat his obedient Highness so rudely.Such a sensitive and special part of the waist, how can you pinch it casually, let people who don't know it see it, and treat it as some kind of ambiguous trace.

Counting and counting, His Royal Highness only left his sight during the time when he took the Dingbei Marquis carriage back to the mansion. Gao Jili had no choice but to suspect that the murderer was someone.

"When you go out in the future, Your Highness must learn to protect yourself."

Gao Jili asked someone to fetch safflower oil, poured two drops into the palm of his hand, and rubbed the bruise on the little Highness, while earnestly admonishing him.

Now it's not only dangerous for beautiful girls to go out alone, but also for beautiful boys, especially a top-notch and beautiful boy like his obedient little Highness.

Mu Yun frowned uncomfortably, he didn't feel it when he was taking a bath just now, but now Gao Ji rubbed it with medicated oil, it was really bruised and painful.

"Your Highness, what exactly is this bruise..."

Seeing that the obedient little Highness seemed very angry, Gao Jili guessed that the injury was probably related to it, so he wanted to take the opportunity to spy on the inside story.

Mu Yun immediately gave his big padded jacket a vicious look like a furry kitten: "Don't ask any more questions."

Because...it's too embarrassing.

He was pinned here and there, without the power to fight back.Although he didn't really want to fight back, Wei Zhao's obviously out-of-control violent pinch on the carriage bed today made him a little scared.

His master, the youngest general of Mu Chao, has always been calm and wise, why would he look at him with that terrifying look that wants to swallow him alive?

Is it because I hate the old grievances from three years ago, and I hate that he bit his arm last night?

It was also because he had played too many "seductions" and temptations, and finally offended his bottom line... But if he didn't take the initiative to attack, he would not even talk to him, and he would be snatched away by others.

The young man was lying on the window sill, thinking about his own affairs, and gradually forgot the bruising pain in his waist, but the sense of loss in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.Thinking of the end, even the happy event of "Brother Cheap is out of luck" couldn't make him happy anymore.

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In the middle of the night, Zixia Temple.

The flaming fire sticks illuminated the entire Taoist temple brightly, and all the Taoist priests in the temple were expelled to the main hall for interrogation.

"Master Hou, they didn't lie. The residence of Tianshi Li has been abandoned for a long time, but we found a dark room in the alchemy room where Tianshi Li used to meditate."

When Wei Zhao came with his own soldiers, Zhao Long was directing the soldiers to clean up the dense cobwebs hanging at the entrance of the darkroom.

The mechanism to open the darkroom is located on the alchemy furnace, and it is almost impossible for outsiders to find it without careful observation.Just now, when a soldier was inspecting the pill furnace, he accidentally bumped into the animal head on the furnace that was used to exhaust the smoke, so he turned on the mechanism by mistake.

The darkroom is built behind the north wall next to the alchemy furnace.

Wei Zhao took the torch from his own soldiers and went inside to investigate in person, followed by Zhao Long and others.Passing through the wall, there is a dark tunnel at first. Because no one has used it for a long time, the air is full of dust mites and decaying smell.The secret passage is very long, and Wei Zhao guessed that it should be connected to a place deep in the middle of the mountain, because the alchemy room was built against the mountain.

There are many discarded oil lamps embedded in the stone walls on both sides of the dark passage. Some of the lampshades are broken, and some of them have turned a strange black color due to the passage of time. They were used for lighting before.

After walking for about half a stick of incense, everyone finally reached the end of the dark passage, and they were all shocked when they saw the scene in front of them clearly.

What the secret passage is connected to is not a secret room, but a whole row of stone prisons built deep in the mountainside. There are dozens of them. Each prison cell has three stone walls and one iron fence.Holding a torch, Wei Zhao searched one by one, and finally found traces of use in one of them.

It was the innermost stone prison. Different from other prisons, this stone prison was surrounded by stone walls, and only a small hole was left at the top for ventilation. The door was also the strongest stone door, obviously imprisoned People with high martial arts skills.

Pushing open the cell door, the first thing that hits the face is a strong smell of blood.The stone prison was in a mess, with broken meals on the floor, overturned candle holders, dark red blood that had not been cleaned up, and straw spread in a mess.The wall facing the prison door is covered with various instruments of torture, each of which is dark red, obviously full of blood.

What caught Wei Zhao's attention the most was a huge iron lock inlaid on one of the stone walls.As a martial arts practitioner, Wei Zhao recognized at a glance that it was not an ordinary lock, but a thousand-machine lock specially used to lock thieves. It will appear here.

On the wall where the iron lock is located, there are still many bloody scratches, obviously left by the people who were imprisoned here.

"The boy who was brought back by Tianshi Li at that time, are you sure he lived with Tianshi Li in this alchemy room?"

Wei Zhao faintly felt that the matter might be more complicated than he predicted.

The soldier replied: "That's right, it is said that because Li Tianshi had to practice in seclusion in the alchemy room on the days around the [-]th of every month, he simply arranged for the young man to live with him in the alchemy room, so that he could speak to him at any time. road."

As for how to live together, the answer is simply obvious.

Who would have expected that the royal Taoist temple, which was once worshiped as a god by the common people, was actually such a place where dirt and dirt were hidden.

Wei Zhao suppressed the roiling anger in his chest, and asked, "What happened to Chunyu Puppet?"

I want to know why Li Tianshi brought a young man who might be the killer of Di Ting back to the temple to imprison and torture him. Whether the boy is dead or alive, and where he is, I am afraid that only this former disciple of Li Tianshi can answer for him.

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"Mother, don't worry too much. When we were looking for this soft armor that day, we all entrusted others to act, and we didn't have direct contact with the merchants of Gaochang Kingdom. Even if Father really wanted to investigate, we couldn't find out who was on Mother's head."

The night was getting dark, the eldest prince Mu Jue deliberately stayed in the palace with the excuse of taking care of his illness, and he was sitting in front of the couch comforting Empress Ji in a warm voice.

Empress Ji held her son's hand instead, and shook her head unwillingly: "The mother is not worried about herself, but the mother is worried about you. We mother and son have been planning for so long, and finally have some hope, and now... you have been weak since childhood, and you are already stronger than others. My brother is a bit shorter, if there is no such powerful general as Wei Zhao to support him, what will he do to compete with your brothers for the crown prince in the future?"

Mu Jue clenched his cuffs secretly, but his face was gentle and calm, and he said calmly: "Mother, don't worry, even if you don't have the golden silk armor, I will have other methods."

Empress Ji noticed that his expression was determined, as if he had a good plan in mind, and wondered: "What else can you do? Wei Zhao is cold and ascetic, and other things may be difficult to impress him."

"I'm not sure if it will be possible. When there is good news, I will report it to the queen carefully."

Empress Ji knew that he was always cautious in his actions, and he would never do it rashly if he was not [-]% sure, so she said: "Okay, Queen Mother is waiting for your good news."

After leaving Fengyi Palace, Mu Jue asked the steward, "The news you found...is it true?"

The steward hurriedly replied: "It's absolutely true. The two Mrs. Ru from Yong'anbo Mansion and Anping County Prince's Mansion indeed brought their sons to show Mrs. Wei."

"Marquis Wei seems to have some special hobbies in that matter..."