Qing Jialu

The room was dark, and I couldn't see my fingers.Shen Jia silently groped and walked in, but accidentally kicked the stool and made a loud noise.

"Who?" A hoarse voice sounded, making the room even more gloomy and cold.

"King Kui?" Shen Jia was taken aback when he heard this voice, he didn't expect King Kui's voice to become so hoarse and unpleasant.

"It's you, Shen Jia?" King Kui immediately recognized the voice of his old enemy, he struggled to sit up, and lit the candle beside the bed.

Shen Jia was finally able to see the scene inside the house, and also clearly saw King Kui's face.

I saw that King Kui's face was pale and thin, as if he had been severely tortured by the cold poison, and he no longer had the glory of the past.

"What's your business, come and see if I'm dead?" Although King Kui was ill, his ability to irritate people did not decrease a bit.

And Shen Jia didn't want to argue with a patient, he just asked plainly: "What have you done, Your Highness Kui, do you still need me to tell? Those assassins have already been recruited."

When King Kui learned about it, he didn't show nervousness or surprise. Instead, he seemed to put down the big stone hanging in his heart, and said calmly, "Second brother, does he know?"

"Of course I know." Shen Jia frowned, "Why did you assassinate me? Do you know that the crime of assassinating a court official?"

"It's fun." King Kui replied with a smile.

Shen Jia rolled her eyes when she heard the words, she really couldn't reason with a lunatic.

"Your Majesty sent me here secretly for interrogation out of brotherhood." Shen Jia said coldly, "It seems that you don't plan to cooperate, King Kui, so wait for the interrogation by the three divisions."

After saying this, Shen Jia turned her head and made a gesture to leave.

"Wait." Sure enough, King Kui couldn't help it, and stopped him, "I'll tell you the truth, and I will definitely cooperate."

Shen Jia turned her head, moved a stool and sat beside King Kui's bed, and said slowly: "Then, may I ask why Your Highness wants to kill me?"

"Second Brother." King Kui said incoherently, "I want to see Second Brother, I have something to say to him."

"What?" Shen Jia was defeated by King Kui's chaotic words, and it took him a long time to realize, "You killed me to see His Majesty?"

"You are the heart of the second brother. I want to see him, so I have to attack you."

What a "seamless" reason, Shen Jia took a deep breath and warned herself not to reason with people who are not clear-headed.

"Your Majesty won't see you." Shen Jia dispelled King Kui's thoughts with one word, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me."

"You?" King Kui sneered, "Why should I tell you the things between me and his brother? What are you?"

Shen Jia was also irritated, "You still think of him as a brother, but you retreated before raising your troops. How dare you say 'a cunning rabbit is killed by a dog, and a bird is a good bow'. Why don't you ask yourself, Does it match?"

Seeing Shen Jia's angry look, King Kui looked him up and down curiously, "You know everything, second brother told you about such a confidential matter?"

Shen Jia stared angrily at King Kui, without answering.

"It turns out...it turns out..." King Kui suddenly figured out something, and laughed loudly, "It turns out that I can't do it with women, so I'm looking for a man."

"You bastard!" Shen Jia didn't allow anyone to say that Xiao Yi couldn't do it. He grabbed King Kui by the collar and scolded with red eyes, "He and I really love each other, it's not as nasty as you imagined."

After finishing speaking, Shen Jia gave King Kui a hard push before letting go.

King Kui was pushed down lightly, and he collapsed on the bed, looked at the curtain and laughed, laughing and laughing until he burst into tears.

"Hahaha, cold poison... Cold poison is the most ruthless poison in the world." King Kui said with a smile, "It's so vicious...that it deprives all happiness. First, you can't touch the beauties, but later you have to quit drinking. Completely cut off the word 'wine and sex'."

When Shen Jia heard the words, she couldn't help thinking of Xiao Yi in the wheelchair, and her mood suddenly fell to the bottom.

"I'm looking for my second brother. I really have something important to do. I didn't lie to you." King Kui slowly got up from the bed, groped under the pillow for a long time, and found out a belt.

Shen Jia didn't know why, but saw that King Kui tore open his belt, and took out a cloth strip with red writing on it.

"What is this?" Shen Jia was puzzled.

"Look for yourself." King Kui said, and handed the cloth to Shen Jia.

Shen Jia carefully read the writing on it by the faint candlelight.

Letter:

I have heard that in the great human relationship, father and son come first; in the difference between honor and inferiority, the ruler and his ministers are the most important.Recently, the eldest son Xiao Li, who had no father in sight, rebelled against his superiors and imprisoned me in Qianqing Palace.

The second son, Xiao Yi, was made the crown prince, and he led the army back to Beijing immediately, wiped out the treacherous party, restored the country, and eradicated violence from the unborn, the ancestors are very lucky!Xiao Li and the others, it doesn't matter if they are shot or killed.

Kangping four years in October edict. [1]

"This is... Emperor Kang Ping's imperial edict?" Shen Jia was so shocked that his hand holding the bloody book was trembling. This edict was of great significance. It completely cleared away the stain of Xiao Yi's rebellion, and proved that the current emperor's throne is reasonable and legal.

"Yes. Father secretly sent me to go to Qianqing Palace that day. He hurriedly wrote down the edict and hid it in his belt. He wanted me to take me out of the palace and go to the northwest to hand over to my second brother." At this point, King Kui showed a bitter smile. "But... I was blocked in the palace by that bitch Xiao Li before I left the Qing Palace. He forced my father to death in front of me. He also imprisoned me in the palace and forced me to take cold poison .”

"Abolish the emperor and kill his father?" Shen Jia was at a loss for what to do with one secret after another. Is this the reason why Xiao Yi insisted on rebelling?

Not only for the throne, but also for revenge.

"Hehe, it's more than that. I found out later that the cold poison was actually found by Xiao Li." King Kui revealed another shocking truth, "It was also he who lured my uncle back then, poisoned my father, and inspired my second brother to rebel. .”

That's the way it is, no wonder Emperor Fei was able to concoct cold poison, but Dr. Fan has been studying it for many years, but he can't concoct it.

"I was imprisoned in the palace for more than a year, and I obeyed Xiao Li's advice, just to get an antidote. But later I realized that everything was a hoax, and there was no antidote for the cold poison." King Kui talked about this matter, The hatred in the eyes surged, "He gave me a pill to relieve the pain on a regular basis, and said that as long as I behaved obediently, he would spare my life and completely detoxify me."

"Why didn't Emperor Fei kill you directly?" Shen Jia was puzzled.

"He dare not." King Kui laughed, "The successive deaths of the emperor and the prince will certainly arouse suspicion. If no one else tells me, my second brother will definitely come back and thoroughly investigate the cause of my death."

If it is said that the emperor died of old age and illness, everyone can still believe it.But it would be too strange if the third prince died of illness at a young age.

"Does the abolished emperor know about the clothes belt edict?"

"I don't know." King Kui said, "But it's useless. I didn't spread the word in time, and I failed my father."

"Who says it's useless, if you could take out the imperial edict and announce it to the world, your majesty's chances of winning will be much greater."

King Kui knew he was wrong, so he stopped talking.

Shen Jia suddenly realized, "You flinched before the battle and didn't dare to announce it. You are afraid that you will offend the deposed emperor by handing over your clothes and belts. King Kui, you are really timid and afraid of getting into trouble, trying to please both sides."

"Yes." Not only was King Kui not ashamed, but he said forcefully, "Ants are still alive, and I don't know who will win. Of course, I have to leave a way out for myself."

Selfish people don't think about others.Shen Jia didn't want to talk too much, he unfolded the imperial edict, and said with a half-smile: "Then after such a long time, His Royal Highness King Kui suddenly handed over Emperor Kang Ping's edict, and why?"

"For what?" King Kui smiled, "For an exchange. I implore Your Majesty, please let me out."

Shen Jia is smarter now, half-believing King Kui's words, he asked: "You are already like this, what are you doing out there?"

Indeed, the current King Kui, like His Majesty, is bedridden by the cold poison and cannot walk freely.

"Shen Jia, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you become smarter?" King Kui smiled, "Either, let me see my second brother. Or, let me go out. As for how I get out, I don't need Shen Ge to worry about it."

"I will bring you your request." Shen Jia stood up, carefully put away her belt and put it in her sleeve.

The royal dispute over the heir apparent was cruel and bloody, and Shen Jia felt sorry for Xiao Yi, who grew up in such an environment of intrigue.Fortunately, he didn't grow crooked, and didn't become a lunatic like Xiao Li and Xiao Shu.

After returning to Yuxi Palace, Shen Jia brought the Yi Dai Zhao and King Kui's words to His Majesty.Holding the blood book in hand, Xiao Yi was silent for a long time, then suddenly threw the clothes and belt into the brazier in the hall.

"Twilight!" Seeing this, Shen Jia wanted to retrieve the edict, but was stopped by Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi grabbed Shen Jia's arm, shook his head and said, "It's too late, it's useless."

"Who said it's useless. With it, future history books won't..."

"No need." Xiao Yi interrupted, "The day I raised my army, I didn't care what the historian would say about me in the future. It's the same now."

Shen Jia was convinced, and he watched the bloody edict being swallowed by the flames, turning into ashes bit by bit.

Xiao Yi also stared at the flame with an unclear look in his eyes.Perhaps, he was thinking that his father valued him and wanted to pass it on to him.

Unfortunately, everything is too late.

Shen Jia was sitting beside Xiao Yi, and the two of them were leaning against the fire, talking, like a couple gossiping about everyday life.It's just the content of the conversation, but it's shocking.

Shen Jia asked: "Weiming, when King Kui went to Qinzhou to tell you that it was Emperor Abandoned who poisoned Emperor Kang Ping. Did you start a rebellion and give Emperor Abandoned death?"

"Yeah." Xiao Yi nodded, "I didn't want you to know about the dirty things about the royal family."

"But I don't understand, why didn't Emperor Kang Ping appoint you as the crown prince at the very beginning of his ascension to the throne?" Shen Jia asked suspiciously, "Why did he make a big circle until the end of his life before appointing you as the crown prince?"

"Father's character is inherently weak. He is often indecisive and is manipulated by others." Xiao Yi knew his father very well. "I guess it was the elder brother who first started to please and confuse the father. Then he threatened and lured him until the end. Elevating the imperial power. When the father wants to fight back, he has no chance."

Power struggle, you die and I die, there is no family relationship to talk about.For ordinary people, occasional indecision is harmless.But for the emperor, indecision is fatal.

Shen Jia was silent for a moment, then asked Xiao Yi, "King Kui tried his best to see you, do you want to see him?"

Xiao Yi was going to have a personal trial before, but after listening to King Kui's request, he was not in a hurry to see him, "I choose the second option and let him go."

"If you let him go, the courtiers won't agree." Shen Jia frowned.

"Secretly withdrew the Jin Yiwei guards, don't let the courtiers know." Xiao Yi said, "I want to see where he is going and what he is going to do."

This trick is called "Long-term fishing for big fish", and Shen Jia said that he has learned it.

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Note [1]: It is from the imperial edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, with slight changes.