Emperor's Trophy

The imperial army from the Xishan camp finally arrived and surrounded them densely. Someone on the street woke up and poked their heads out, and then saw that it was the imperial army who quickly closed the door and went back without paying attention.

The door of the bookstore has been opened by the guards who went in first, and the imperial guards went in and ordered everyone to put down the books in their hands and raised their hands to drive them into the empty house to guard.

A supervisor rushed out in a hurry, his face was pale but he still said: "We are the property of the king of Xunyang County, can the military lords find out clearly?"

When the imperial guards came up, they tied him up, gagged him and kept him alone.

Ji Bingyuan and Yun Zhen walked into the bookshop workshop. Under the bright torches, countless books were stacked together, and there was also a collection of poems that hadn't been bound in time.

Yun Zhen picked it up and flipped through the pages one by one, and sure enough, at the end, he saw the thing that made the emperor furious and murderous in the previous life.

It was an excerpt from a small play called "Princess Tomb", with beautiful and gorgeous words.

It is about a certain emperor of a certain dynasty, who met a folk woman by chance in the mountains and fields, fell in love at first sight, adopted her as a righteous daughter, and made her a princess, but forced her to sleep in private.However, the prince and the princess have had an affair for a long time. The emperor found out about the affair, and in a rage he recruited a son-in-law for the princess. The princess was pregnant and married with tears in her eyes.Reluctant to give up, the prince killed his father in a rage to stand on his own.

The excerpts in the collection of poems are the poems sung by the princess when she was dying and the new emperor came to visit. The princess had to tell her past love one by one. Worry-free, the rhetoric is extremely extravagant, tactful, fragrant and unique.

Yun Zhen's face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, and the blood all over his body seemed to be congealed. He knew that this collection of poems must be trying his best to distort the facts, fabricate rumors, and attack the emperor, but he didn't expect it to be related to his mother and himself.

Once such a vicious opera aria with clear intentions is passed on by countless literati on the Longevity Festival, and then brought back to vassal states, foreign countries, or even overseas by envoys from various countries, the truth is no longer important.

People only love eclectic and sensational stories, father and son get together, kill their father to stand on their own feet, and have an illegitimate prince, all of which step on the sensitive points of people's pursuit of excitement and love of dog blood.

No matter what the history books say about Princess Dingxiang being brave and good at fighting, or how holy and benevolent Emperor Wu Cheng is, they can't stand up to the spread of these terrible rumors with ulterior motives.

People can only speculate whether Princess Dingxiang really had an affair with two generations of emperors?Otherwise, how did a female bandit who was born in a reckless folk get the attention of two generations of emperors?

Why is Marquis Zhaoxin so favored by the emperor?Is it true that he is really the emperor's illegitimate son?

Why did the first emperor die so suddenly?Is it true that there is no inside story?

If the two phases are confirmed, the rumor will become a fire buried in the ground, waiting for the chaos to erupt suddenly and be poisonous for thousands of years.

Even yourself, isn't he a little skeptical?

It was so vicious, he felt cold all over, and he couldn't stand upright—could it be that Ji Huaiqing and Ji Huaisu also saw this in their previous lives?Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain their inexplicable fear of themselves.

Someone supported him behind him, took the poems from his hand and threw them back into the pile of books. Yun Zhen looked up and saw Ji Bingyuan looking at him with a gentle expression: "The villain slanders, don't take it to heart."

He turned his head and calmly issued an order: "All the guards, in groups of three, supervise each other, immediately collect all poetry collections, papers in the bookstore, and burn them immediately. The great rebellion is dealt with, and the family is punished."

Gao Xin led the order to go down.

Ji Bingyuan ordered Ding Dai again: "You take someone to conduct a secret interrogation with the steward just now, to see where there is still this collection of poems, immediately search all of them and destroy them on the spot, including all engraved editions, etc. All people will be arrested and temporarily detained, no one will be missed, and will be interrogated secretly in Dali Temple, including the lady of the Xining Hou Mansion and the scholar. They will be detained separately for the time being, and will be discussed after the interrogation. Food, water and medicine can be arranged, but collusion is not allowed, and they cannot be released. back."

Ding Dai quickly agreed.

The guard came to report that the car had been prepared outside, Ji Bingyuan asked Yun Zhen in a low voice: "Go back to the palace first? You are also tired from the night."

Yun Zhen shook his head, his face was pale, and he said in a low voice, "I want to see these books destroyed." The fate of my two lifetimes all started from this.

Ji Bingyuan didn't say anything, just adjusted the cloak for him, put the hood on for him, and stood with him in the yard, watching the guards quickly carry them over and pile up hills in the open area of ​​the yard. poetry magazine, and lit a fire.

In the raging flames, countless pages burned and curled and turned black, and countless fly ash was blown in the wind.

Yun Zhen watched from a distance, feeling filled with emotion, Ji Bingyuan just stood beside him quietly.

Ding Dai came back after the preliminary interrogation and briefly reported what Yun Zhen was most concerned about: "The butler recruited, it was a legacy of the former Wei Dynasty, and it was set up by the hand of the concubine of the king of Xunyang County. The butler was a I tried to get rid of the concubine, but fortunately, the young one saw that Lord Hou sent people to surround the palace of the Xunyang County, so he tested him, he thought we knew everything, so he recruited."

"The concubine was born by the former Wei emperor's accidental visit to the court lady. Because the empress was jealous at that time, and the matter was not recorded, she was kept in the cold palace and gave birth to a daughter. She was not given a title, but only vaguely raised in the harem. Later, when the former Wei Dynasty was destroyed, her mother and the concubine at that time committed suicide, and this girl was young and did not have the title of princess, and it was chaotic at that time, so this girl stayed in the palace and became a palace official with other people's palace registration."

"When the emperor succeeded to the throne, he released many court ladies, and this woman was released from the palace together. After leaving the palace, she was found and raised by the relics of the former Wei Dynasty. After careful planning, she found a way to enter the palace of Xunyang County and became a concubine. The king of Xunyang County will be the crown prince, but unexpectedly, he has cooled down."

"This time they want to spread anti-poetry on the Wanshou Festival, slander the emperor, disrupt the country's dynasty, and move the country's books. Because of the lack of manpower at the time of the previous collection and publication, they invited a few poor scholars to help contact the collection of poems. The original authors of each poem did not have the last few pages when they read it. They originally planned to quietly bind the last section in these two days. Tonight, they were supposed to be sent to the bookstores they contacted for sale, and then to the authors. In hand, as a gift."

The first emperor slaughtered all the royal families of the Northern Wei Dynasty and wiped out the roots.The remnants of the Northern Wei Dynasty naturally hated the Ji family, so it is not surprising that they did such a thing.

Ji Bingyuan asked: "Are you sure everything hasn't flowed out?"

Ding Dai said: "Interrogation and torture are separated. They are all the same. The first batch of printed copies was [-] copies, which were bound day and night. After counting, it happened to be [-] copies."

Ji Bingyuan said: "Send someone to lock up the concubine of King Xunyang."

Ding Dai said: "I have sent someone to bring it up, and it will be interrogated overnight, and the results will be reported to His Majesty."

Ji Bingyuan said coldly: "Xunyang County Prince's Mansion is surrounded and strictly guarded. If the case is not closed, no entry or exit is allowed."

Ding Dai bowed his head in response.

But Yun Zhen asked: "The daughter of the Marquis of Xining..."

Ding Dai knew that he was soft-hearted, and said with a smile: "We reviewed it separately. Luo Songhe took a collection of poems from the juggling garden and recommended himself to her. He also put letterheads in it. He only said that his own poems were included and asked her to be upright. He took The book is the sample book sent to each author before, and the last chapter is not bound."

"Wang Qianjin was careful, and saw that there were words in the front that had not been added as usual to avoid taboos. Thinking of his letter saying that he would help publish and proofread this book in the Wenhanlou Bookstore, he was afraid that it would affect his future, so he quietly walked out avoiding his family, thinking After being reminded, I came back, unexpectedly, Luo Songhe asked the manager to stop printing the book and revise it quickly, and both of them were locked up."

I haven't seen it... Yun Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Bingyuan patted his head lightly and said calmly: "Okay, let Ding Dai and the others interrogate, we'll go back to the palace first, you're tired."

Yun Zhen hesitated for a while: "Your Majesty Shengming, I don't even know about those authors before...and these craftsmen...should be just typesetting and picking up characters separately..."

Ji Bingyuan pressed him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will deal with it well--the trial still needs to be interrogated. One thing is that they are indeed frivolous. I have just turned it over, and the entanglement is very extensive, including the two sons of Cheng Enbo's mansion." His poems have also been included, so we should learn a lesson; secondly, you have made such a great contribution, and I want these people to accept your love."

Yun Zhen looked at him blankly, and Ji Bingyuan smiled slightly, knowing that he didn't understand these joints, so she took him outside and walked out without saying anything, just said: "Zhang Yan will take care of it for you."

With so many scholars, literati and celebrities, Hanlin scholars, imperial court officials, and sons of honored nobles implicated in such a rebellious case, I don't know how many people will have to sleep all night after tonight, and have trouble sleeping and eating.When the time comes to ask Zhang Yan to write a memorandum for him and intercede for these people, this favor is great enough, and his reputation among literati will be much better in the future, at least he will not be impeached at every turn.

Some of them are wronged, but there must be some who are not wronged. After all, they still need to be examined carefully, but there is no need to tell him about these things.

His heart is too soft.

After processing, it was almost dawn.

Ji Bingyuan took Yun Zhen to the car and returned to the palace. After returning to the palace, the palace servants helped Yun Zhen wash his hands, only to find that his hands and feet were bruised, and hurriedly summoned the imperial doctor.

Ji Bingyuan came over to see that he had changed out of the women's clothes, and was leaning on the low couch in loose pajamas, the palace servant was behind him wiping his wet hair, and Qingsong was kneeling in front of him, treating his knee with medicinal oil , Abrasion on the ankle.

Ji Bingyuan prevented him from getting up, sat down on the side of the couch, reached out and took his hands and feet and carefully inspected the wounds one by one. There were some bruises, scrapes, and nails scratched on the elbows, knees, legs, etc. The injury was not serious, so he let them apply the medicine, and ordered the imperial doctor to prescribe a calming medicine to be decocted.

After a lot of tossing, the calming medicine came, Ji Bingyuan personally watched him take it, and watched him go to bed.

Yun Zhen was actually full of things and couldn't sleep at all. Seeing Ji Bingyuan guarding him, he felt a little embarrassed, and asked him in a low voice: "I'm fine. Your Majesty, won't you go to court today?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "It's time to stop court, let them interrogate first, tomorrow will be the Longevity Festival, let's pass the festival safely."

Yun Zhen let out a long sigh of relief: "It's finally not bad, let them ruin your birthday."

Ji Bingyuan stroked his hair: "Go to sleep."

Yun Zhen said: "Since the emperor doesn't have to go to court, he was tired all night last night, otherwise we will come up and sleep together."

There is still a group of ministers waiting to discuss matters in the South Study Room, not to mention that the palace of Xunyang County was surrounded last night, the forbidden army entered the city, and countless people were arrested overnight, so he had to go out to reassure the panicked ministers.

But Ji Bingyuan touched Yunzhen's hair, took off his shoes and went to bed except his robe, pulled up the quilt and hugged Yunzhen and fell asleep: "I will sleep with you for a while, you go to sleep."

Yun Zhen buried his head next to his arm, how could he sleep, closed his eyes for a while and asked Ji Bingyuan again: "Your Majesty, can you marry the daughter of the Marquis of Xining and Na Luo Juzi?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "Look at Enke's achievements. Let's talk about it after the case is over. Don't worry, the Marquis of Xining also fought in all directions. He is not such a pedantic person. He loves his granddaughter."

Yun Zhen was relieved, closed his eyes for a while, and then asked suddenly: "Your Majesty, you said that the princess of the former Wei was not even recognized as a princess when Wei Huang was alive, and she was not given a title when Wei Huang died. You are still in infancy, but after you ascended the throne, she was able to get money and go out of the palace to live a good life, why does she still hate you so much?"

Such vicious rumors are deliberately made up here, and it is really chilling to think that after being hated by such a person for so many years, I have been killed by her in two lifetimes.

Ji Bingyuan said: "Naturally someone told her that if Emperor Wei hadn't died, she would be a princess of gold and jade, and instilling hatred in her day by day was just a tool for those former Wei's rebels to rebel. She has no skills. If you can’t make any waves, you can’t do anything other than these things, so there’s nothing to worry about.”

Yun Zhen thought to himself, the first Ji Huaiqing had ascended the throne, and this concubine must be very favored in the harem, so she couldn't wait to give him medicine.

Seeing that his eyes were still wandering, Ji Bingyuan was a little helpless, and reached out to wipe his eyelids: "Go to sleep, you've been tossing all night, aren't you tired?"

Yun Zhen smiled and put his arms around his arm: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask me how I investigate the case wisely and skillfully." If you really ask yourself how I know about Wen Han Bookstore, how can I get over it?Of course we can’t mention Ji Huaisu, so let’s start with Wenhui in Cheng Enbo’s mansion. I noticed that Luo Songhe disappeared on the same day as the daughter of the Xining Hou’s mansion. I found clues from the Great Mercy Temple that he once took on jobs at Wenhanlou Bookstore. ...

Ji Bingyuan sighed in his heart, but his face was still gentle: "I thought, since you don't want to sleep, why don't we do something else."

Yun Zhen was still making up lies in his heart, thinking about how to get rid of this unknown prophet, but he was still ignorant: "What are you doing?"

Ji Bingyuan rolled over on top of him, raised his chin and kissed him involuntarily.

Naturally, it is to do what a lover loves to do.

Yun Zhen sobbed, and now he finally didn't have to think about how to make up those lies. The emperor is very active, and he never listens to what others say, but likes to observe his actions and his heart.

Sometimes I also like to do my best.

Although Yun Zhen still had some energy to say a few words at the beginning, in fact, he had been highly nervous all night. He was investigating, arranging the deployment of troops, and rescuing people by himself. In fact, his physical strength had already been exhausted. It's just that he has experienced too many shocking things, and his spirit has been in high spirits.

This time, he was relaxed by Ji Bingyuan inside and out, and finally fell asleep after being exhausted for a long time. This time, he really fell asleep. Even Ji Bingyuan took a hot towel to wipe his body, but also Didn't wake up at all, just fell asleep soundly.

Ji Bingyuan was angry and funny, and she didn't dress him to avoid waking him up because of too much movement. She just pulled the quilt over to cover him tightly, and bit the lips of the little ancestor who made him nervous before getting up. Get up and go out to discuss matters.