The first male queen [crossing]

The emperor was furious, because there was something wrong with the incense used in offering sacrifices to heaven, and the inscription was explained by Miao Zhu, so the emperor was naturally furious.

Gu Junci naturally understood the reason in his heart, he hurriedly stood up and saluted the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

The emperor looked sideways at Gu Junci, and snorted coldly: "You don't mean to plead for Xiao Boxu, do you?"

Gu Jun resigned: "No, no, since it is a warning from the destiny, how dare I go against the sky, I just want to tell your majesty that this matter of offering sacrifices to heaven is arranged by the minister and the second son of the Xiao family. Any mistakes, naturally, should be borne by the two of us, please Your Majesty to see clearly."

When Xiao Yuan heard this, he also hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I will fully bear the responsibility for the mistakes that occurred during the sacrifice to heaven. Please calm down your majesty. The appearance of this inscription must have been framed by someone."

The emperor snorted coldly: "Really, is this just a mistake?"

Xiao Yuan lowered his eyes, and immediately stepped up to the high platform, picked up the incense that was placed in front of the copper tripod, inspected it carefully and sniffed it lightly, then frowned in doubt, quickly took the incense and got off the high platform to the emperor and said:

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with these incenses, and they are not the ones prepared by me and the Thirteen Taibao, and even have miscellaneous smells."

As he spoke, Xiao Yuan shook the incense twice, and the incense in his hand was also broken at the waist, which made everyone present exclaim in surprise.

The emperor stared at the broken incense in Xiao Yuan's hand, thinking for a while, but Prime Minister Xie said:

"The matter of His Majesty's sacrifice to heaven should be held in a grand manner. The Second Young Master Xiao and the Thirteenth Taibao made preparations a month in advance, but there was such a mistake. Your Majesty should be punished."

Other officials from the Ministry of Rituals also said: "Your Majesty, the Xiao family of Lanling treats His Majesty's sacrifice to heaven in such a way, and it is really a serious crime."

Gu Jun resigned: "Before punishing, please Your Majesty order to find the person who planted and framed behind the scenes, but the minister and the second son of Xiao have the responsibility to monitor the disadvantages, so that those who are disobedient have the opportunity to destroy Your Majesty." ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven."

Prime Minister Xie said: "Young Master Gu, what you mean is that this is not the responsibility of the Lanling Xiao Clan, but someone wants to destroy His Majesty's ritual of worshiping heaven?"

Gu Junci looked sideways at Prime Minister Xie, with a firm look on his face: "That's right, the people who planned and instructed this behind-the-scenes plan are very serious. Although they clearly want to frame Liang Guogong and Xiao Ergongzi, the ultimate goal is to destroy His Majesty's will." The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, killing two birds with one stone, really makes people have to doubt his true purpose."

The emperor was a little shaken by what Gu Junci and Prime Minister Xie said. Gu Junci continued:

"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter must be thoroughly investigated. Don't wrongly wrong loyal ministers and good generals, and let people with evil intentions go."

Xiao Yuan on the side also hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the last two sentences of the inscription on this stone tablet, weeds cover Qionghua, from now on I will be named Xiao. If I remember correctly, these two sentences are recorded in "Weeds Benji" The origin of the mugwort, the two sentences are: the wild herb is nameless, from now on it is named Xiaoai and mugwort. This statement comes from the words of King Wu thousands of years ago. The name of the diseased weed, and the last two sentences on the stone tablet are changed from here."

When Xiao Yuan said this, all the officials present couldn't believe it.

Prime Minister Xie said: "Second Young Master Xiao is really eloquent. With just a few words, he can say that this is an adaptation of "The Book of Weeds". It’s not justified to frame it.”

Xiao Yuan said: "Your Majesty, the ministers came to Daiyue Town to arrange sacrifices to the heavens only after receiving the imperial decree from His Majesty to come to Mount Tai to worship the heavens. Buried it outside the Dongyue Emperor Temple in advance, I am afraid that the loud noise today was deliberately made by someone."

"Enough." The emperor stopped him, his eyes were still unfriendly, his eyes moved from Xiao Yuan to Gu Junci, and then looked at all the officials in front of him, and then continued:

"Xiao Aiqing, you have raised a good son."

The emperor's words were somewhat unclear, so even Gu Junci didn't understand what the emperor meant.

But I heard Xiao Yuan say: "Your Majesty, my grandmother and the late Queen Mother were sisters. Rong Chen said something presumptuous. Your Majesty is my cousin. Since they are relatives, they are a family. The father of the minister and the minister, Naturally, he will serve His Majesty wholeheartedly."

The emperor looked straight at him: "What do you want to say?"

Xiao Yuan said: "Before this minister did not receive the imperial edict to send troops to Fan Yang, it was the minister's fault and also the father's fault. Even if the minister was not in Lanling, father should have personally led the troops to Fan Yang to quell the rebellion. It was his father's negligence that caused Fan Yang not only Instead of being oppressed, it caused other families to follow suit and oppose the court. It was the fault of the minister and the father, and the minister and the father were willing to be punished. Today's sacrifice to heaven should have been carried out successfully, but also because of the negligence of the minister, the people behind the scenes set up If you set up a trap to prevent His Majesty from offering sacrifices to the heavens, and even made such treasonous remarks, the subject should be punished. Just please read that because your father is old and your brother has never participated in these matters, please only punish Xiao Yuan alone. , life and death are up to His Majesty to decide."

Gu Junci looked at Xiao Yuan in surprise, and hurriedly continued to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, the minister is also responsible for these two matters. If your majesty wants to punish, please punish him and the minister together."

The emperor stared at the two people in front of him, leaving behind all the other voices pleading for the two of them. He ignored them and just stared straight at the two people in front of him:

"A Yuan, you keep saying that someone framed you, but do you have any evidence?"

"Yes." Xiao Yuan said, he pulled out the saber at his waist, and slashed at the stele with all his might, breaking off a corner of the stele.

Everyone didn't understand why, even the emperor was very puzzled, only Gu Junci calmed down and seemed to understand why Xiao Yuan did this.

Xiao Yuan pointed to the gap and said: "Your Majesty, please take a look. If the inscription on the stele is really a warning from Emperor Dongyue, then the inscription should be formed naturally, not by human effort. Furthermore, please look at the gap, Your Majesty. Buried in the ground for many years, no matter it is rainy or the moisture in the soil, it will soak into the stone tablet. If things go on like this, why is there only water stains on the surface of this stone tablet? Even, this stone tablet does not even have a moss. If I am right, Where there is a stele, there must be a smell of gunpowder."

The emperor and all the people carefully looked at the cracks in the stele. Sure enough, only the part in contact with the soil was a little wet, and the inscriptions on the stele were clearly marked with knives and axes.

The emperor asked: "Then tell me, who buried this stele?"

Xiao Yuan nodded and smiled, and just about to speak, he heard Gu Junci stop his hand, and saw him stretch out his hand to pinch Miao Zhu's jaw, unloaded his jaw, and a black pill fell out of his mouth out.

Gu Junci clapped his hands and said: "Why, I still want to have a death without proof. You are not afraid that your death will implicate the entire people in the Temple of Dongyue Great Emperor. Tell me, who was the instigation and why did you destroy His Majesty? Heaven sacrifice ceremony."

That Miao Zhu groaned in pain, and it wasn't until after receiving the emperor's order that Gu Junci pulled him up, closed his jaw, and gave him a chance to speak.

Unexpectedly, Miao Zhu knelt down in front of the emperor after closing his jaw, crying:

"Your Majesty, spare me, Your Majesty, I don't want to destroy Your Majesty's ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. When someone came to bury the stele, they told me the contents of the stele and how to interpret it. All of this has nothing to do with me. relation."

The emperor looked displeased, and took a step back: "Who the hell is here to bury the stele?"

Miao Zhu thought for a while: "I don't know the people who came here, I just heard that they are Jing..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that his body froze and fell down, and a large amount of blood spread from his head on the ground.

All the officials watching were terrified and couldn't help but take a few steps back, only Xiao Yuan and Gu Junci squatted beside Miao Zhu after Xie Suiyun protected the emperor and left for a few steps.

Gu Jun said: "I was hit on the head by a stone and died."

Xiao Yuan hurriedly got up: "Come on, catch the assassin!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yuan and Gu Junci immediately led the Lanling Xiao clan's soldiers and horses, and chased in the opposite direction from where Miao Zhu fell.

Naturally, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven had to be interrupted, and the emperor and a group of ministers were escorted back to Daiyue Town by Xie Suiyun.

Mount Tai's mountain is steep, and the location of the altar is even more hidden.

Gu Junci and Xiao Yuan led the soldiers and horsemen to find the direction of the assassin's move in three ways, but they still couldn't find any clues.

At this time, there was no one under the altar, only the sacrificial ceremony and bonfire on the altar were still burning very vigorously.

Gu Junci stood in front of the pool of blood with his sword raised, his brows were deeply furrowed, as if there was something he couldn't figure out.

Xiao Yuan and Huo Situ walked to his side, also looking at the pool of blood, Xiao Yuan asked: "What are you thinking?"

"Jing what?" Gu Junci asked suspiciously.

"Ok?"

Gu Junci looked at Xiao Yuan, and then at Huo Situ: "When that Miao Zhu was talking about who buried the stele, he was hit on the head by a stone and died. What did he want to say about Beijing? The city? Or... "

"Jingzhao Xie." Huo Situ said.

Both Xiao Yuan and Gu Junci looked at him, and then suddenly realized, but then they looked puzzled again.

"That's not right, there is no ambush around here, so how did they kill people?" Gu Junci was very puzzled.

On the contrary, Xiao Yuan's expression was very indifferent. He looked at Gu Junci and said: "At that time, he was by His Majesty's side. Others may not have that ability. After all, he, Xie Suiyun, is the number one warrior who can subdue strange beasts. If he wants to kill people, how close is he?" I'm afraid the distance is a piece of cake, and it hasn't been discovered yet."

Gu Junci looked surprised. It's not that he didn't think that Xie Suiyun would do it, but he didn't believe that Xie Suiyun would kill someone in front of the emperor.

but……

After all, he is the heir of the Jingzhao Xie family. Compared with the Lanling Xiao family, he is a descendant of the Xie family, so he will naturally help his father more.

"Then what should we do now?" Huo Situ asked.

"Go back." Xiao Yuan sighed, and looked sideways at Gu Junci, "What are you thinking?"

Gu Junci lowered his eyes and smiled wryly: "Once this person has a position, he has too much involuntary control. I have no position to accuse him of anything. Besides, they are killing people to silence them, not assassinating the emperor. Presumably His Majesty will not deal with it. "

Xiao Yuan: "In any case, let's go back to Daiyue Town first. After all, I have asked His Majesty for a crime before, and now I will be punished for several crimes."

Looking at his appearance, Gu Junci couldn't help snorting: "I think you think that your trick of killing people and reviving them is very useful. Perhaps, His Majesty will not punish you."