Chapter 342

Emperor Zhengxuan sat on the Dragon table and looked at the officials standing below. His gray eyebrows jumped suddenly.

Because of the victory of the war in Yingcheng, Chu yunpan held a banquet today. Emperor Zhengxuan also asked the imperial court to take a day off, so that he could have a good party.

It never occurred to me that all the people who should have been bustling around the Chu family to attend the banquet had changed into court clothes and stood in front of themselves.

Emperor Zhengxuan said coldly, "who can tell me what happened?"

"Father, you must decide for your children and ministers!" The prince took the lead in plopping and knelt down, shouting wrongly on his face.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Zan stepped forward and said with an arched hand, "today, at the Chu family banquet, a bloody man suddenly broke in. He said he was a servant of the Feng family and wanted to avenge the two little generals of the Feng family. Say... "

"What's hawing doing?" Emperor Zhengxuan was a little angry.

"Said that when he was in Yingcheng, the Duke of Zhenxi entered Nanman. The crown prince sent a secret letter to two young generals Feng, asking them to ambush when the Duke of Zhenxi left Nanman and hang the Duke of Zhenxi, so as to win back the merit of Yingcheng." Zhang Zan said“ The two little generals of the Feng family didn't want to. After returning to Beijing, the prince was afraid that they would reveal the matter, so he asked people to shut up. The bloody man was a servant of the Feng family. He gave the secret letter sent by the crown prince to Yingcheng to the Duke of Zhenxi. "

As soon as he said this, the whole hall was silent. Some people who didn't know it took a breath and looked at the prince in disbelief.

Emperor Zhengxuan's old face was cold and heavy, and he only felt the pain in his brain.

Liang Wang hissed, his red lips aroused, and his handsome face was full of ridicule.

"Father, son and minister are wronged!" The prince knelt on the hall and raised his head. His elegant face was full of calmness and composure. "Whether it's the Feng family or the Chu family, they are all ministers. Why do children's ministers do such thankless things?"

"Yes, the prince is wronged." Yao Yangcheng, Qian Zhixin and others are consistent.

"Where's the secret letter?" Emperor Zhengxuan's voice was cold.

"Here." Chu yunpan said, holding the secret letter with light yellow gold thread in his hands.

CAI Jie hurried down, took the letter, went back and held the letter in front of emperor Zhengxuan.

Emperor Zhengxuan grabbed it and swept it inside. The content of the secret letter is short, but the meaning expressed is very accurate, which is no different from what Zhang Zan said.

Emperor Zhengxuan looked at it and then roared, "good, good! How dare you do such a bastard! "

"Father, emperor, son and Minister... It's really wronged. I've never done it." The prince looked cold, biting his lips hard, looking wronged.

"Emperor, this matter involves a lot. Please investigate it thoroughly." Yao Yangcheng said.

"I didn't say no!" Emperor Zhengxuan slapped the secret letter on the table, and his shrugging tiger eyes swept over Zhang Zan: "the crown prince is temporarily shut down Dali temple, and the matter will be thoroughly investigated by Dali Temple secretary and Fu Yin! The king of Lu helped me! "

"Yes." Zhang Zan, Cheng Fuyin and King Lu immediately took command.

At this time, Emperor Zhengxuan looked up again. His dark yellow eyes were very sharp. He looked at Chu yunpan: "this secret letter will be kept by Zhenxi Hou first."

"Yes." Chu yunpan agreed.

Hearing that the secret letter was handed over to Chu yunpan, the crown prince, Qian Zhixin and Yao Yangcheng were frightened. Their faces were blue, but they didn't dare to say a word more.

Emperor Zhengxuan only felt that the sun was jumping suddenly and his head was in pain. He just waved his hand: "disperse first and continue the imperial examination in front of the Palace tomorrow!"

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Because of the sudden blood man, the Chu guests left in a hurry after dinner.

Ye Tangcai was very worried. Holding a golden chrysanthemum fan everywhere in his hand, he lay on the stone table under the banana tree. One of them shook and stared at the door.

It was not until the middle of the afternoon that Chu yunpan came in.

"Third Master!" Ye Tangcai threw the round fan in his hand and ran out.

Chu yunpan saw her running over like a butterfly when he entered the door. He was happy. He covered her in his arms and smiled: "a little Tanger."

"How" ye Tangcai raised his head, "is this... Sure?" It's about bringing down the prince.

"There will be a toss." Chu yunpan's Danqing ink like eyes flashed slightly, hung his head, pecked on her lips and walked into the house.

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The prince's plot against Chu yunpan soon spread all over the capital.

After all, on the day of the incident, so many people were present that they couldn't cover up. As long as a person's mouth was not closed tightly, it would leak out.

When the people heard this, they were filled with indignation: "if it weren't for Lord Chu, maybe those western Lu thieves would have hit the capital."

"Lord Chu not only drove away the thieves in Xilu, but also made Xilu and Nanman surrender and negotiate peace. He paid tribute every year to avoid war. I don't know how many lives he saved. Are there few soldiers who die on the battlefield every year? Thousands of lives! Such a great achievement, I want to kill! It's outrageous! "

"Why did the prince do such a thing?"

"Because he married the daughter of the Feng family as a side imperial concubine, and the Feng family was his man. The Chu family... Maybe. For fear of losing military power, he killed the Chu family and let the Feng family seize power. "

"Why didn't he think about it? Even if the war in Yingcheng had stopped, Xilu and Nanman would bow down and be subordinates, but what if... Xilu saw that our general was dead, tore up the National Certificate, and then let Xilu's iron cavalry wave up, what would our Qi look like? How many people will die then? Maybe the country will be destroyed! "

The more the people said, the more angry they became: "how can such thieves deserve to be princes!"

"Yes, I don't deserve to be a prince!"

"The matter has not been found out yet. Someone must have planned to frame it!" But others objected: "why does the crown prince do such a thankless thing?"

"Doesn't the prince know that the Feng family has no ability? This country is what they admire. The prince is a prince. How can he do such a thing that endangers his country? "

"No. The prince is the prince recognized by the emperor and the subjects. Need to do such a thankless thing? "

Although some people refute, most people think the Prince did it.

Zhang Zan received the task given to him by Emperor Zhengxuan. In a cold sweat, he first shut the prince to Dali temple, where there is a special place to shut down such high-ranking and powerful people, which is not comparable to an ordinary prison. It was just an ordinary room with simple furnishings.

Shut up the prince. Zhang Zan, Cheng Fuyin and King Lu went to the Feng family again and dug out the bodies of the two little generals of the Feng family from the coffin! Let him perform a post-mortem, search for the remains of two general Feng Xiaojun, and interrogate the bloody man.

The next morning, the whole hall was gloomy and solemn.

When all the courtiers arrived, the civil and military officials stood in two columns, but the prince stood in the center.

"The emperor has arrived!" The sharp voice of the eunuch sounded above.

After a while, Emperor Zhengxuan came in holding CAI Jie's hand and sat on the Dragon chair.

"Long live the emperor!" Officials quickly kowtow and salute.

Emperor Zhengxuan glanced at Zhang Zan and Fu Yin with a gloomy face, "how's the investigation?"

"Return to the emperor." Cheng Fuyin said, "Wuzuo examined the bodies of two little generals Feng, and they died of blood dissolving flowers."

"What is blood soluble flower?" Emperor Zhengxuan raised his eyebrows.

"It's a colorless and tasteless poison. It's common in Beiyan. It's hard to find in Daqi." Cheng Fuyin said, "in the opinion of Wei Chen, if the two little generals Feng committed suicide, they can buy a batch of cream or heding red. Those two poisons are better to find without looking for blood soluble flowers."

The courtiers around him nodded their heads.

"What does the Feng family say?" Emperor Zhengxuan said.

"The Feng family doesn't know." King Lu said, "yesterday we went to check and asked the people over there. They said that the two little generals Feng were unhappy when they came back. The Feng family also knew that they had lost the war and killed Yingcheng. They blamed themselves, so no one dared to advise. Who knows, the next morning, they found the two brothers sitting at the table in Feng Xin's room. They were lying on the table. They had vomited black blood and died. There was poisonous wine on the table. The Feng family thought they couldn't afford to lose, couldn't stand the blow and killed themselves. They also felt that the matter was shameless, so they hastily asked people to prepare for the funeral and didn't study it in detail. "

"What about the messenger to Zhenxi Hou?" Emperor Zhengxuan said.

"He was seriously injured in many places, hurt his internal organs, dying, but he was still alive." Zhang Zan said.

"Come in." Emperor Zhengxuan said coldly.

After a while, two small eunuchs were carrying a stretcher, on which lay a man covered with bandages.

The man opened his eyes weakly and looked at emperor Zhengxuan in front of the hall. His eyes were a little excited and his body was trembling: "please... The emperor must decide for the Feng family..."

Emperor Zhengxuan frowned deeply: "what's going on?"

"Go back to the Emperor... Cough..." the wounded man said, "the servant is safe. He is Feng Xin's little boy. He has been following the master over the years. Later, Lord Chu took back Yingcheng and incorporated it into Nanman. The master stayed at Yingcheng. Who knows, suddenly one day, the two masters suddenly received a secret letter and opened it... It was his Royal Highness the prince who asked the two masters to ambush Lord Chu to snatch the credit of Lord Chu and protect the honor of the Feng family. But... Even if my master was unwilling, how could he do such a shameful thing... Cough... The two masters didn't follow the prince's plan and met the prince on the first night back to Beijing... After leaving the prince's house, the master handed this secret letter to the slave and said... The prince might trust them for the sake of Princess Feng. But it may also kill them... Cough... "

Then he coughed up a mouthful of blood and was out of breath. He made a long story short: "so... If they are really dead, let the slave take this secret letter to Lord Chu... Sure enough... The two masters died the day before yesterday... The slave wanted to find Lord Chu, but I don't know how the people over there found out that the slave took the secret letter, Then I found someone to chase and kill... Fortunately... I escaped and completed the final task... "