Go back to ancient times to explore the case

In this way, Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan recuperated in Zizai Village for a few days before returning to Wenruo Pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing. Xie Yu'an knew that he had no time to play games with Sheng Huaimin, so he decided to come up with a plan to end the situation.

On the thirteenth day of July in the first year of Ruide, the young emperor Ruide, who never cared about any political affairs and only let Kou Yan, the head of the Yuge Pavilion, handle government affairs with full authority, proposed the idea of ​​caring for the magi for the first time at the court meeting.

Regarding this, the advisers around Si Kou Yan had doubts, "Master Si Kou, why do you think the little emperor suddenly brought up the imperial examination? Is there any clue to this?"

Si Kouyan smiled contemptuously: "It doesn't matter, it's up to him, the old man is worried that after cleaning up the court, some vacant official positions need to be put in a reasonable way to put people into us. It’s a fair and honest reason.”

"The little emperor wants to cultivate his own power, but he seems to have forgotten that the power to appoint and dismiss officials is controlled by the Royal Pavilion."

The counselor flattered: "Your Excellency's words are justified. In this way, all officials will follow His Majesty's lead."

Si Kouyan waved his hand, "Go and tell the Minister of Rites to let him handle this imperial examination well, and don't let the old man down."

"Yes."

After the counselor left, a secret door on one side of the room opened, and Sheng Yueran walked in and bowed, "Father."

Si Kouyan hummed indifferently, raised his hand to touch Mosuo's chin, and then tore off the human-skin mask, revealing his true face.

"Father, Yan Qingchuan is missing after she escaped, should we send more people to arrest her?"

Sheng Huaimin frowned, "What a waste, a mere girl can let her escape. Forget it, what matters now is the Northwest War, will the He family still defend the city?"

"Yes, and for this reason, the troops from all over the country have postponed their marching process, and the general soldiers who want to come from all over the place are still wary and afraid of my father."

Sheng Huaimin said solemnly: "Only by mastering the military power of the world is the real power in your hands. This matter is the top priority right now. You must handle this matter well."

"Yes."

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In the dark pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing, Wen Ruoge's spies lurking in the capital to inquire about the news are reporting information to Xie Yu'an, "Pavilion master, as you expected, the Yuge adopted the imperial examination. The new Emperor Enke will be held at the end of the month. Ten days later The first test, the palace test will be held fifteen days later."

"Fifteen days..." Xie Yu'an murmured, her time was running out, "Have all our people been arranged?"

"It has been arranged."

"Go down."

After the reporting subordinate left, Yan Qingchuan pushed open the door of the stone room and walked in. Xie Yu'an raised his head and smiled at her: "Master Yan."

Yan Qingchuan said indifferently: "Right now you and I are both wanted criminals by the imperial court, what are you still calling Master Yan?"

"I'm used to it." Xie Yu'an stood up, gently embraced Yan Qingchuan, put his head on her shoulder, closed his eyes and took a nap, "It's almost here, Wen Ruo, soon."

Yan Qingchuan gently stroked her back, "What do you want to do?"

Xie Yu'an smiled tiredly, "You will know on the day of the palace examination."

On the seventh day of August in the first year of Ruide, due to the succession of the new emperor, Yuge reorganized the court after taking over the government, and most of the official positions were vacant. Therefore, the imperial examination, which was originally held once every three years, was held in August. Students from all over the country They rushed to Kyoto in advance to participate in this Enke.

In the end, there were 120 candidates for the palace test. According to the usual practice, the palace test should be held in Yong'an Hall, the main hall of government affairs. However, on the day of the palace test, Emperor Rui De, who was sitting on the dragon seat and wearing a crown, suddenly rose up and wanted to move the palace test place to the downtown area of ​​Kyoto. It is declared that all the people can come here to watch it, so as to promote Daqi's atmosphere of advocating learning and respecting Confucianism.

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites advised Emperor Rui De to dispel this idea on the grounds that it was not in accordance with the law of etiquette, but Emperor Rui De changed his previous obsequious attitude towards courtiers and strongly stated that his will has been decided.

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals were in a dilemma, and finally said that it would be better to ask for the opinion of Mr. Kou Yan, the head of the Yuge Pavilion, before making a decision.

Emperor Ruide was furious in court, angrily scolding all the officials for bullying him when he was young, and not paying attention to him as the emperor, and immediately summoned a group of silver-armored guards who came from nowhere, with their long knives out of their sheaths, hanging on the The necks of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy again and again. In the end, the place of the palace examination was temporarily moved to the busy city of Kyoto. Immediately review and review the papers, and publish them to the public, so as to correct the court's incorruptibility.

The entire palace examination ended in the evening, Emperor Ruide ordered people to light candles and lamps, and the entire palace examination platform was illuminated brightly, as bright as day, and randomly ordered the reviewing officials to immediately approve the papers. Behind them, the common people looked like torches all around, and the deep gaze of Si Kouyan who came over after hearing the news made them feel like a thorn in their backs.

In the end, none of the champions of the new subjects, the second places, and the third prizes were arranged by Si Kouyan. On the morning of the next day, Emperor Ruide set up a Qing Zhengsi with thunderous means, and the top three in the imperial examination and a group of Jinshi entered the Qing Zhengsi.

The Qing government, the Qing government, naturally cleared up the government. Less than three days after the Qing Dynasty was established, the papers of impeachment were piled up on the imperial court and the emperor's case. The evidence of group formation is exactly the handle of the court officials that Xie Yu'an collected at the beginning of the establishment of Wenruo Pavilion.

The evidence was conclusive and the attack was so menacing that Si Kouyan didn't even have time to deal with it in the future, and most of his followers were wiped out.And the first person to be beheaded for public display was the commander of the imperial guards. He was charged with colluding with a rebellious party with the intention of murdering the late emperor.

In Si Kou's mansion, Si Kou Yan listened to his subordinate's report with a gloomy face, and which minister was confiscated and dismissed from office, the counselor next to him said worriedly: "My lord, the sudden attack of the little emperor is obviously planned. , Most of our people in the court have been purged, if we let it go on like this, the next one may be Yuge, sir, do you think we should make arrangements earlier and act first?"

Si Kouyan said nothing with a sullen face. After he retired from the counselor, he called the secret guard and told him: "Go and inform Yue Ran, immediately go out of the city and go to Mingcheng to contact Di Temple, and wait for my news. If there is any change in the capital, let him The two immediately contacted Southern Xinjiang and raised troops in the Central Plains."

After the hidden guards responded, Si Kouyan asked, "How is the arrangement at the palace?"

"Everything is ready, just waiting for the pavilion master to issue an order."

Si Kouyan's eyes darkened, and he said harshly: "Zishi uses the whistle as its call, and when the call is made, it will act. The entire imperial city must be sealed off."

"Yes!"

At night, the palace was quiet, except for some nightingales and frogs chirping. The patrolling guards walked past the emperor's bedroom and walked away.At this time, four teams of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared outside the palace city, and they rushed to the four palace gates. They held tokens and declared that they were the guards of the capital.

The guards at the palace gate refused to enter the palace on the grounds that they had not received any orders, and the two sides soon had a sword fight, and the noise was loud and noisy.The tranquility in the palace was completely broken. The palace people experienced the horror of the palace change for the first time. They picked up soft bags and ran away. When they ran away, they accidentally knocked down the candlestick, and the flames were everywhere. There were screams, footsteps, and sparks exploding. Filled the entire palace under the night.

Someone from the palace came to the emperor's bedroom, woke up Emperor Rui De who was still asleep, and advised him to flee to the secret passage with everyone. After changing into court clothes, he can escape.

After the rebel army invaded the palace, they saw that the palaces were messy and dilapidated. Emperor Rui De sat alone on the throne above the main hall, and the rebel army entered the main hall and lined up on both sides.

At this time, Si Kou slowly walked into the hall, knelt down in the hall and saluted, shouting: "Your Majesty, I am too late to save you. The traitor has been eliminated. Your Majesty can rest assured."

Emperor Rui De looked at the number one minister of Daqi through the slightly swaying bead in front of his eyes, and said calmly: "If that's the case, why doesn't Aiqing retreat?"

Si Kouyan got up, waved back the soldiers in the hall, walked up the gilded steps step by step, walked to the dragon seat, stretched out his hand to caress the splendid golden throne symbolizing the supreme under heaven, an unconcealable desire appeared in his eyes, "Your Majesty, do you feel that the crown on your head is heavy?"

The emperor's crown is naturally heavy. Chu Qing tried his best to straighten his back and replied: "Naturally it is heavy. The crown on my head bears the weight of the Kyushu world and guards the people's livelihood. This weight is greater than everything else, but Even if it is Shen, this is the key point that a king and an emperor must undertake, and I am the same."

Si Kouyan smiled deeply, looked down at Chu Qing and said, "Your Majesty seems to be different from before. Such eloquence reminds me of an old friend."

He paused, and continued: "It's an old friend, but also an enemy in this life. That person is very good at deceiving people. It seems that His Majesty was taught badly by her." He asked, "Where is she?"

Chu Qing said indifferently: "I don't know who you are talking about."

Si Kouyan's brows sank, he seemed a little impatient, and he didn't want to spend more time with the little emperor, then he stretched out his big hand, tightly grabbed Chu Qing's fragile neck, and secretly exerted force, "Your Majesty, if you tell Wei Wei Wherever she is, you can keep your position as the emperor, if you don't want to, then the news that Emperor Ruide was assassinated by eunuchs and killed in the bedroom will be announced to the world the next day."

"You haven't taken this seat yet, it's a pity that you will lose it so soon."

Chu Qing's face turned red from being pinched, but he still said stubbornly: "I am the son of heaven, the master of the world, the integrity of the emperor, the majesty of the emperor, how could I be coerced by you, a rebellious minister and thieves, I will die, I would rather not surrender .”

Si Kouyan laughed loudly, "Hahaha, what a traitor and a traitor, and since His Majesty said so, it seems that this humble minister has really confirmed the name of a traitor."

He let go of his hand and shouted "Come here" towards the outside of the hall, but unexpectedly, as soon as he let go, Emperor Ruide took out a pill from a hidden box on the dragon seat and quickly stuffed it into his mouth, Si Kou Yan heard the movement and looked back, and saw Chu Qingguan's fall, his thin body slipped from the dragon seat, black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, his eyes were wide open, and he stared at him: "The royal family of Chu, there are no cowards, I... ...I said before, I would rather die than surrender."

When Si Kouyan was in a daze, Chu Qing had lost any breath. Si Kouyan raised his hand to probe under Chu Qing's nose, and pressed lightly on the blood vessels of his neck twice.

After a while, he walked slowly into the hall, when the hall opened wide, and the soldiers entered the hall in unison.

Si Kou Yan bowed his head and shouted: "Your Majesty is dead!"

"His Majesty is dead—"

The voice of calling spread through the entire palace.

The next day, the news that the new emperor, who had been on the throne for less than a month, was poisoned by eunuchs and passed away spread all over the capital. The head of the Yuge Pavilion elected a 12-year-old royal relative from the clan as the new emperor, thinking that the country cannot live without a king for a day. emperor.

In front of the mourning hall in the ancestral temple, all the royal family members knelt down to pay homage to Emperor Rui De who passed away early, but what they didn't know was that the coffin in the mourning hall was already empty.

In the underground dark pavilion outside the capital, Chu Qing was dressed in ordinary clothes, and excitedly said to Xie Yu'an: "Teacher, how is my acting?"

Xie Yu'an patted his head lovingly, "Your Majesty's acting skills are superb. If you were born in my era, you would be a talented little actor."

Yan Qingchuan on the side also smiled slightly: "The fake death medicine prepared by Rong Shi can really be fake."

Xie Yu'an pulled Yan Qingchuan to his feet: "Okay, everyone, go to bed early, the show will end tomorrow."

The tomorrow she was talking about was the day when Sheng Huaimin's new assisted puppet emperor ascended the throne.