Aggrieved Fish Sprite

"We must find the person who belongs to Qiu Jing in Fengxing Pavilion as soon as possible." Meng Qi said with a sullen face.

To deal with Qiu Si, it is not enough to just draw the bottom line. Qiu Si's successor may be Cheng Jingchuan, and Cheng Jingchuan is not like a lunatic, and he has not done any evil deeds so far. If he kills someone in order to destroy Qiu Si's plan, How is that any different from the criminals who use martial arts to kill indiscriminately?

The most important thing is that Cheng Jingchuan may just be a cover-up, and the successor is someone else.

"clang--"

The long bells continued continuously, echoing within the palace walls.

The silence of the night was suddenly broken, lights were lit in all directions, and at the same time there were chaotic human voices.

The whole palace, no, the whole Ningtai City was awakened by the sound of the bell.

"He really ordered someone to kill King Ning." Mo Li said with a headache.

The death knell rings only when the emperor dies.

Although King Ning did not proclaim himself emperor, everything in Ningtai City was modeled after Taijing.

Many Buddhist temples in the city began to ring bells one after another after the death knell ended, and even those who slept soundly woke up from their dreams.

The people fell into panic, and the dignitaries sleeping in the arms of the singer got up in embarrassment to straighten their clothes. Some people mourned, some jumped for joy, and some hurriedly ran to their favorite son of Prince Ning.King Ning has given birth to too many sons, it doesn't matter whether they are successful or not, their mother clan and wive clan will naturally push them up.

Meng Qi stood on the eaves and looked up, several torrents holding torches rushed towards the palace.

Although it was too far away to see clearly, but the impatient posture, you can think of their extremely greedy faces.

The palace will be stained with blood before it can hang the white flags.

Meng Qi recalled the commanders of the imperial guards that he saw today. They were not from Qiu Si, and they still had conflicts with each other. They probably had already formed a team.

Coupled with the behavior of going to the people to arrest doctors today, there must be "smart people" who think they understand, but in fact it is King Ning who is really critically ill.When the death knell sounded, they couldn't wait to rush to the palace and Prince Ning's mansion, preparing to support their side to ascend to the throne.

Not even a coup d'état and a palace change, it was just the chaotic period after the death of the old king.

However, King Ning was killed by Mr. Qiu's people. They didn't even block the news and let the powerful and noble families "mobilize". They were afraid that someone might not be well-informed, so they rang the death knell at night.

Mo Li didn't know the normal procedure after the death of the emperor, but Meng Qi was different.

A country without an emperor will be in chaos.

The emperor is a human being, not a son of heaven. The reason for the chaos is that there is no one sitting in that position, and there are too many people thinking wrongly.Compared with desperadoes, most people of wealth and status would think twice.

After the death of the emperor, the servants and the empress dowager will immediately call in the ministers of the cabinet, or support the ministers on their side to discuss the affairs of the emperor.If there are no accidents, the crown prince, eldest son, or legitimate son will be confirmed immediately, the imperial guards will be mobilized, and the camp in the suburbs of the capital will be retaken. Only when everything is ready will the news be announced and the death knell sounded.

At that time, the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples inside and outside the city were also prepared early, and they took the time to respond. How could they be so random as they are now, without any solemnity.

"Something's wrong..."

As soon as Meng Qi finished speaking, he saw that part of the torch outside was extinguished.

It seems that one of the complete porcelain plates full of snacks is suddenly missing, which is particularly eye-catching.

Then, just like a promise, those menacing teams disappeared one by one.

——Of course it didn't really disappear, it was just that the torch was extinguished, the noise stopped, and it merged into the darkness.

There was no strong smell of blood in the wind, nor was there any shouting of fighting.

Meng Qi frowned, because if it was him, he could only do so at most.

Because what is needed now is not a chaotic situation, but to take over Ningtai City from the dark to the bright.

Qiu Si is not an important minister of King Ning. According to what Bao Guanyong said, Qiu Siming is just a minor official of the sixth rank, doing miscellaneous things in the official department. King Ning doesn't even know this person.Since he is not a powerful minister, he cannot rely on his own prestige to suppress the situation. If he wants to control everything secretly, he will naturally attack the military power.

Even if the military officers under King Ning who have the authority to mobilize troops are not Qiu Si's people, they must be their deputy.

With mental calculations and unintentional calculations, coupled with the "King Ning's Legacy", the soldiers are not interested in who they are loyal to, as long as the familiar Shangguan promises that they have food and money.

As for the private soldiers raised by the nobles of the family, it will be difficult to survive this night...

Even if Meng Qi had three heads and six arms, he couldn't rush out of the palace to prevent so many accidents happening at the same time in Ningtai City tonight, and besides, he was worried about Mo Li staying here alone.

Meng Qi jumped off the roof and helped Mo Li to a quieter room.

The two sides of the waterside pavilion were ventilated, Meng Qi flicked his sleeves, and the rolled up curtains swept the dust on the tables, chairs and beds.

When Meng Qi took the ink carp away, he didn't forget the rattan box. He put the box on the low table and closed the carved door.

"Shall I go to the Imperial Medical Office to find some herbs for the doctor?" Meng Qi tried to ask.

The ink carp shook his head, he has basically recovered, and what is causing the trouble now is only the sequelae of the anther sex of the mountain eggplant.

Just lie down for a while.

Mo Li heard the faint crying sound in the distance, it was from the palace servants.

"It's okay, no one will come in from outside." Meng Qi told his own speculation about the torches that disappeared outside the palace wall.

Mo Li asked thoughtfully: "Is this also planned by Qiu Si?"

"Nine times out of ten, he will put aside all those who feel that they are in the way and are useless, and then let the "Ming Lord" succeed him, pretending to work hard, and logically playing the banner of restoring Chu. In this way , he can’t carry out massacres like Lu Zhang. He needs to have the blood of the Li family of the Chu Dynasty as a puppet, and he can’t kill all the sons of King Ning. There are clans standing behind the heirs of Ningtai. If they ransack their families and exterminate their families in order to quickly clean up Ningtai City, the turmoil will affect three to five years later. It will delay the important matter..."

Meng Qi suppressed the doubts in his heart and didn't dare to speak out.

——This is the normal way, but the mind of a madman is unpredictable.

Who knows what amazing move Qiu Sixiang made.

After all, in Qiu Si's plan, "Mr. Qiu" is dead at this moment.

***

The aroma of wine is overflowing and refreshing.

Qiu Si replaced the teacup with a wine glass, and sighed softly: "It is indeed the peach blossom wine that is popular in Taijing."

The pavilion was perched high enough to see the chaos in the nearby palace grounds.

The cries, the figures reflected on the wall while running in panic, together with the fire and screams in the distance, seemed to fall into a nightmare.

Some of the servants around King Ning are loyal to King Ning, some have received money from various dignitaries, and most of them put money in their pockets. When they hurriedly ordered the servants to spread the news about the bright future tomorrow At that time, I never expected that the palace would be in chaos.

Caught off guard.

As soon as they packed up their belongings, before they had time to find a safe place to hide, the wolf-like guards came.

All the palaces were surrounded, and those who walked around without authorization were captured on the spot.

Those respectable young eunuchs and eunuchs scolded with black faces, and were immediately slapped all over the floor. The people who are used to being domineering were stern and wanted to yell, but they found that the guards who came were all unfamiliar faces. Maybe some have seen it, but those commanders in the past can't even see a shadow.

King Ning's concubines huddled in their respective palaces, listening to the movement outside with trepidation.

They have nothing to rely on in this accident, they can only shed tears and beg for a way to survive, even if they are sent to a nunnery to chant Buddha.

The heirs of King Ning were pale, and their ambitions were gradually diminished by the predicament in front of them.

News from outside the palace came in endlessly, and everyone could hear it. The private soldiers of the Wang family broke into the Zhao family, and the people of the Qian family were beheaded outside the palace gate...everything was murderous and bloody. Chenghe, the bad news that makes people want to faint.

It seemed that the next moment, soldiers and horses would come into the palace and hack and kill wantonly.

The old story of Qi Emperor Lu Zhang's massacre of Taijing was mentioned from time to time in the Chu Palace, and when everyone thinks about it now, their souls are scared to death.

"Hehe, the name of a butcher really works." Qiu Si sat in the pavilion, stroking his beard in satisfaction as he watched the chaos far and near.

Cheng Jingchuan stood by, quietly listening to Mr. Qiu's teachings.

What was introduced into the palace was all fake news, which was a deliberate effect.

"The sages admired the law of fooling the people, and the emperors of later generations also feared that their servants and servants would know too much, and even forbid the maids in the palace to read and write. If you ask me, it is unnecessary. Fools are not afraid, just like animals. They will be obedient and obedient if you are as strict as pigs and dogs, but people who are literate and knowledgeable but not smart enough, you don’t even need to bring a knife, and you can make them timid and frightened, how easy it is.”

"Sir, what you said is not appropriate." Cheng Jingchuan said in a low voice, "If among the servants and servants, there is a genius who is like gold and jade mixed with sand and stone, and it is revealed by this one, wouldn't it become a variable in the future?"

Cheng Jingchuan's words were already quite outrageous to others, a servant is a servant, with a low life, lack of virtue, even if turned over, he would be a treacherous person, where did he come from?

Qiu Si didn't think so, smiled and drank and said, "Isn't it better to be a genius? If the descendants of the family are great Confucian disciples, without my support, they can still stand out, and these people are deeply rooted in protecting the family and the interests of the scholar-officials. For my use?"

Cheng Jingchuan stopped talking.

Although he came from a good background, the Hou Jingyuan family had been in decline for many years, and he almost starved to death when he was young.

Not to mention people from Fengxing Pavilion, but whoever has a decent background, who would not want to take the imperial examination and martial arts to be a serious official?

There are talented people all over the world, but they are left in the countryside.

It took Qiu Si decades to build up this huge power precisely because he has no sect views and is good at controlling people's hearts with kindness.It is certainly impossible for Qiu Si to be "just" a lunatic to make someone like Cheng Jingchuan obey his orders.

The kindness of knowing you, the kindness of supporting you, the kindness of saving your life...Although it is old-fashioned, it works.

Ayan Puka from Xiliang thinks the third is the most important, but Qiu Si is different, he always thinks the first is the key.

Saving people is just a matter of raising your hand, but pulling people out of the mud because of appreciation and treating them like guests is different.

So if Qiu Si was killed, it would be a terrible thing.

"After daybreak, Ning Tai and I can't be buried with blood, even if they deserve to die." Qiu Si sighed leisurely as he looked at the chaos in the distance.

——He wasn't going to fake death.

Not only Meng Qi guessed wrong, even Cheng Jingchuan was surprised.

Qiu Si seemed to be able to see through Cheng Jingchuan's thoughts, and Shi Shiran said: "Although feigning death can solve many problems, Jinger is not stupid. If I really die, things will come true, but if I just feign death, I really can't." Take care of this girl."

Cheng Jingchuan bowed his head and remained silent.

"It is said that Lu Zhang was a hero for the first time, but he died a worthless one, but I think he is much better than King Ning. His son doesn't need much, as long as he has a good future." Qiu Si poured himself another glass of wine, narrowed his eyes and said.

Cheng Jingchuan didn't dare to answer these words. Mr. Qiu has no son, only a daughter.

Even in name, this daughter died young.

At this time, a guard hurried over to report, and Cheng Jingchuan was surprised when he heard it.

"What's wrong?" Qiu Si seemed to have eyes in the back of his head.

Cheng Jingchuan said in a low voice with a complicated expression: "The guard who was knocked out by Meng Guoshi has been found. He is one of us. Doctor Mo had already arrived in the pavilion when the accident happened."

"Ok?"

Qiu Si immediately realized that it was unusual.

If Meng Qi had sneaked into the palace long ago, no matter he was disguised as a guard or an eunuch, he could show up immediately, so why bother knocking out a guard and stripping his clothes?

Could it be that the clothes Meng Qi wore before this could not be seen by others?

or--

without clothes?

"Interesting, really interesting." Qiu Si clapped his hands and laughed.

Cheng Jingchuan couldn't help thinking of the unknown creature watching him in the grass, he hesitated to speak.

Mr. Qiu doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and it's hard for Cheng Jingchuan to say that he suspects that there are monsters in the world.

The author has something to say: Cheng Jingchuan: I suspect that Meng Qi is a monster, just like in the storybook (Journey to the West), the national teachers are all monsters

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