Your heart's desire

The sky has been covered with dense clouds since early morning, and it seems that there will be a heavy rain in the near future.But the emperor's condition was critical, and he couldn't care less about the weather.

All the officials in the court and the central government have already had their own thoughts on this situation.Royal power changes, and killings have been inevitable since ancient times.Since everyone has the intention of protecting themselves, it is especially important to stand in line at this time.

There were only three sons in the royal family, but now Eleventh Brother and Ninth Brother have passed away, and the emperor killed all his brothers when he ascended the throne.In such a situation, it seems that there is no other way to go except the second elder brother.

People who have been in the officialdom for so long and are still not living well may have already made friends with the second elder brother in private.

The person Luo Yan sent to investigate the ninth elder brother also reported when he came back. Since the ninth elder brother took the life of the eleventh brother that night, the second elder brother's mansion has not been as deserted as before. There are big officials in the palace who transport the gold and silver from their own houses in carriages and carts.

In addition to the death of elder brother Jiu, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the mansion as crowded.

It's just quite strange that this second elder brother actually had two big dogs tied to the door, claiming that he was unwell, and politely turned everyone away.

When the boy came to report, Lin Ying smiled and said, "I used to think that the second elder brother was a little more honest, and he was always bullied in the royal family, so he was a little timid. Stupid.

Logically speaking, he is the only heir to the throne right now, and no one will bully him in the future. He even refuses to accept gold, silver and jewelry when they are delivered to the door. Is it possible to hand over the throne to others? "

Luo Yan pursed his lips slightly, thinking that he was tricked by the emperor and got drunk that day, so he didn't see the second elder brother's abnormal behavior.

He helped him get into the carriage first, and waited for the carriage to move slowly, then he held his hand and began to talk in detail: "His refusal to accept the gold and silver does not prove that he is stupid, but it proves that he is not stupid." !"

If the emperor is terminally ill today, he may die at any time, and all the officials took a fancy to this, so they went to surrender.If he waited obediently, the emperor might not mind his cowardly temperament.

But if he gave those items to the next, it would mean that he is now sure that he is firmly seated on the emperor's seat, and promised all the ministers in advance, and now he is just waiting for the day when the emperor dies.

If the emperor listened to this, he might come up with a solution in a fit of anger, if he recruited the foreign relatives stationed in the fief to come back to sit here.At that time, he will inevitably be among the dead.

And not only these, at the emperor's birthday banquet that day, Luo Yan had already discovered that something was wrong with the second elder brother, his speech and behavior seemed to have already known their plan for that day, and he just sat beside him quietly He watched the play intently, as if he still wanted to find out whether that matter had anything to do with Luo Yan.

Since he already had some doubts in his heart at the beginning, it is now a critical juncture, and it is even more impossible for him to let go of his mind so easily.

If he accepts all the money sent by these officials, it will show that he intends to inherit the throne, then Luo Yan, who intends to rebel, must go and take his life.

Luo Yan said these words carefully one by one, Lin Ying could understand about eight or nine points in his heart, and only nodded at him, and didn't say anything more.

Not long after, the car suddenly swayed and stopped, Luo Yan gently opened the car curtain, and the coachman who drove the horse saluted respectfully: "My lord, we're here!"

He looked into the distance and saw a figure not far away, smiled slightly, and shook Lin Ying's hand: "It's time, it's time to close the net, this trip is destined to be rewarding! "

Lin Ying remained silent, his thoughts didn't know what was going on, he just furrowed his brows together fiercely, letting Luo Yan pull him, and rushed towards the crowd.

Hundreds of officials stood under the Circular Mound Terrace, dressed in court clothes.Perhaps it was the heart palpitations left by the rituals of offering sacrifices to heaven on weekdays, but now standing in this place, all of them look indifferent, not making the slightest sound, for fear of being the same as the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who sneezed in previous years , He was dismissed and investigated the next day, and in the end even the body was never found.

Luo Yan took Lin Ying by the hand, raised a finger to signal him not to speak, found a seat slightly in front, and dragged Lin Ying into it.

The sun was not in the sky, so I guessed about an hour after thinking about it, and there was still some time before the ceremony.

Lin Ying didn't know what stimulated him suddenly, so he looked around for a while, and finally fixed his eyes on the nearest steeple pavilion, and hurriedly let go of Luo Yan's hand.

"I'm going to make it easier!"

He spoke softly, "Loya, you didn't become suspicious either, you just watched his body pass through the crowd of officials, and finally sighed slightly after he disappeared.

After half an hour of effort, I felt that the black clouds above my head were getting thicker, and suddenly a horn sounded nearby, and I saw a pair of palace maids and eunuchs following me. With the help of his arm, he walked into the Zhaoting Gate to the Circular Hill Terrace.

At this moment, Luo Yan looked in the direction of Lin Ying's departure, and saw that he had already stepped to his side.

When the emperor tilted his head and looked towards this side, General stood still, then tilted his head and gave Luo Yan a smile.

The top of the Circular Mound Terrace is paved with bluestone, and the three layers of the platform are surrounded by Hanbai carved railings.Everyone in the underground hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

But these words sounded a little ironic, which made the emperor cough a few times.His body was already braced, but now he was standing here with the wind blowing against his face, making his head dizzy even more.

His body tilted as if he was about to fall, the eunuch next to him hurriedly supported him, and then got a signal from him to call everyone to get up.

Luo Yan stood up, and asked Lin Ying through the rustling voice: "Where have you been for so long?"

Lin Ying didn't intend to reply, instead he pursed his lips and smiled, and after glancing at him, he quickly straightened his eyes and looked towards the stage.

With everyone's eyes meeting each other, the musician stood on the side and rang the bell. After the echo, Luo Yan followed and turned around, and saw a group of people from the Qin Tianjian walking up the steps from the road that the emperor had walked just now. On the top, standing at the front is the prisoner I saw that day.

The man stood on the stage and lit the wax, then burned incense and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.The prisoner walked up to the emperor, opened the cage he was carrying, and released the black cat inside.

Luo Yan stared wide-eyed at the animal that recognized life and was cruel that day, it was still alive and kicking and struggling in the cage, waiting to get out of the cage, it immediately changed into a docile and slow look.

Xu Shi walked around the emperor three times with light steps according to the rules in the palace in the past, but the emperor just watched with his eyes open, didn't make a sound, and obeyed.

After three laps, he hurriedly dodged his body, jumped onto the altar that had been prepared early in the morning, and sat firmly on the altar with his lower limbs.

At this point, it was the reason for calling these officials.The father-in-law who was accompanying him suddenly gave an order: "Kneel!" It seems that the meaning is to ask all the officials to bow down to this beast.

The long silence in the audience was suddenly broken by this word.The noise in the crowd became louder and louder like a wave from far to near, and everyone looked dignified, turned around in a complete circle, and didn't want to lose face in front of everyone.

Luo Yan turned to look at Lin Ying, he was quite safe, unlike the dazed face when he was pulled in just now, he would lean his body to his side, and then pull his body to kneel down.

A pair of knees were about to touch the ground, Lin Ying's body immediately trembled, Luo Yan obviously felt it in his hands, and was about to open his mouth to ask him what's the matter, when suddenly several screams came from not far from his right hand.

"It's an arrow, an arrow!"

The indifferent look on Lin Ying's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by panic and fear, he slightly retracted his neck, struggled his hands away from his palms, and hugged his whole body into a ball.

Luo Yan turned around and glanced at the boundary where the crowd dispersed, and saw a person lying on the ground, with a golden arrow stuck in his chest, right in the heart, blood bubbling from the wound, The body was still trembling slightly.

Now that the reason is clear to his chest, Luo Yan let out a long breath, knowing that he was thinking about the matter of Chipin's death that day, and slowly rubbed the back of his head with one hand, While comforting her with words: "Wei Zhi, it's fine, don't be afraid!"

The two of them here acted like they had nothing to do with them, completely immersed in their own worlds, but these hundreds of officials suddenly became chaotic.

Looking at the people on the high platform, they didn't seem to panic at all. From now on, they could know that the arrow should have been arranged by the emperor early in the morning.

Waiting for the father-in-law to shout out a second time: "Kneel?"

The people below did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and all bent their bodies down in an instant, and those who were less courageous even knocked their heads hard on the ground, and a bloodstain was drawn on their foreheads by the fine gravel on the ground.

Waiting for Lin Ying's mood to gradually calm down, when the two of them raised their heads together, they just saw the prisoner kneeling in front of the table holding a golden tube.

And the black cat was holding the desk and lowered its head, opening its mouth to draw a lottery out of the tube.

With a clear sound of landing, the prisoner looked back at the emperor, and was about to bend down to pick up the stick, when the cat suddenly seemed to go crazy, lay down on the ground, rolled a few times, and then quickly The ground swiped across the prisoner's body, leaving three deep bloodstains on his neck.

Because it was God's will, the surrounding guards did not dare to use sharp weapons at the black cat, so they had to throw their hands on the ground, intending to catch him.

But who would have thought that before it could be caught, the black cat suddenly fell down heavily at a certain moment of jumping, like the official who had just landed on the ground, its limbs twitched several times, and then Also did not move.