Gui Yuan

Chapter 64 Confrontation

There were so many people outside the city that it was hard to talk, so after saying goodbye to Abbot Wuyou, he arrived at the inn he was looking for, and when the door was closed, Wei Yao asked, "Tian Cheng, please speak carefully."

The sudden and unexpected situation made Tian Cheng feel a little dazed, and he said after a moment: "There has been a lot of rain recently. Although my subordinates set off earlier, they only arrived in Huangzhou three days ago. At that time, Mr. Fei and Patriarch Lin He is still there, and his behavior is not inappropriate. Yesterday he did not see Mr. Fei until noon, so his subordinates went to look for him, but they couldn't find him, and Lin Patriarch and Lin Rong also disappeared. I heard from the servant that the three of them had disappeared early in the morning. I set off to leave Huangzhou, and I heard that I went to the imperial capital."

Wei Yao's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word.

Ning Qing glanced at him and said, "It seems that Lin Suiqiong couldn't stay longer after hearing the news that we were going back to Huangzhou."

Tian Cheng thought for a while and said, "Perhaps Patriarch Lin lied to Mr. Fei and the others?"

Ning Qing thought it was wrong, shook his head and said: "Even if Lin Suiqiong used tricks, but we haven't returned yet, how could Fei Tian and Lin Rong agree to follow him? Could it be that the cow refused to drink water and pressed his head forcibly? tied up?"

Wei Yao said: "If the two big men are unwilling, they will definitely struggle and resist. The journey will be more or less eye-catching. They should go voluntarily."

Hearing this, Tian Cheng was a little puzzled, they already knew Lin Suiqiong's identity, did Fei Tian following him mean...

"Then Mr. Fei..." Tian Cheng didn't dare to finish his sentence.

Ning Qing suddenly remembered, got up and said, "Tian Cheng, go and check under the bed board of the dormitory where Fei Tian lived in the Lin Mansion for the past few days."

With a puzzled expression on his face, Tian Cheng immediately went to the Lin Mansion.

Wei Yao asked him, "What do you remember?"

Ning Qing looked at him and said with a smile: "Fei Tian told me earlier that he used to hide things under his bed when he went home. I just took a gamble. Tell us a little bit of information in a roundabout way."

"Speaking of which, what kind of medicine is sold in Lin Suiqiong's gourd? When Tian Cheng went to the Lin Mansion, he should have guessed that Wuyou told us the truth, but at that time he stayed put and didn't leave until the day before we came back. I guess I don't know, what is his intention for this move?" Ning Qing said distressedly.

It is fruitless to think about it like this without thinking, so it is better to start thinking about Lin Suiqiong's identity.What he did was all due to his status as an orphan from the previous dynasty. At first they came to Huangzhou because of the pirate incident. They already knew that it was related to Lin Suiqiong, but why did he do this?He murmured: "Lin Suiqiong did not hesitate to sacrifice dozens of fellows in the merchant gang to direct and act the pirate. There must be a reason."

Wei Yao woke up like a dream, and said: "It was because of his identity and the involvement of Dongyi in this matter, His Majesty especially valued it, so he sent me to Huangzhou to investigate this matter. Did he do this deliberately to attract attention?"

Ning Qing suddenly realized: "Tune the tiger away from the mountain! He is going to make a move!"

At this moment, Tian Cheng rushed into the house in a hurry, and anxiously handed the letter to Wei Yao.

Sure enough, as they expected, Lin Suiqiong was going to attack Emperor Xiangfeng. He insisted on Fei Tian witnessing it with his own eyes.

Wei Yao frowned, and ordered: "Tian Cheng, call your subordinates immediately, if you don't prepare a carriage, you must drive fast, we will rush back to the imperial capital immediately."

"Yes!" Tian Cheng turned around and rushed out the door like flying.

Wei Yao turned to Ning Qing and said, "I'm going to wrong you to ride a horse together."

Ning Qing smiled lightly and took his hand: "It's not that I'm a weak person, I just ride a horse, it's not that I don't know how to do it, it's important."

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imperial capital.

Wei Yao and the others have been in Huangzhou for more than a month, and they haven't learned about pirates yet. Emperor Xiangfeng has mentioned it several times, and he was a little anxious. mention it.

In the court today, someone actually mentioned that Wei Yao had a close relationship with the King of Dongyi, and he went to Nanman before, and also had contact with the new king of Nanman who was about to ascend the throne.

When Emperor Xiangfeng heard it, he felt that it was reasonable, and asked the Prime Minister what he meant, Ding Chong'an remained calm, and said: "What your lords said is also for your majesty's sake. Since An Guogong has been in Huangzhou for so long and the case has not been solved yet, why don't you go to Huangzhou first?" It is not a long-term solution to let the Duke come back and stay in Huangzhou forever."

Emperor Xiangfeng thought for a while: "Let's do it this way, send a message to Huangzhou quickly, and ask Wei Yao to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible."

"Yes!" All the ministers responded.

Emperor Xiangfeng only asked Ding Chongan but not Ning Kecheng, one was to avoid suspicion, and the other was to worry that he would plead for mercy so that he would lose face.Ning Kecheng, who didn't say a word, bowed her head with a gloomy complexion and saluted with everyone.

When Zhu Yu got the news and rushed to Anqing Palace, Emperor Xiangfeng was talking with Ding Chong'an, and they had a pleasant conversation.

Seeing that Ding Chong'an was here, Zhu Yu couldn't speak directly, so he saluted with a smile, "Why are you so happy to talk with Ding, father?"

Emperor Xiangfeng took the teacup brought by Feng Yu, and took a sip: "It's true that we talked for a long time, and my mouth is dry."

Ding Chongan got up and saluted Zhu Yu: "Your Highness the Prince."

Zhu Yu responded lightly, looking at Ding Chong'an with a vaguely inquisitive look.He has already collected some evidence of Ding Chongan's contacts with Liu Ping, Zhan Guiyou and others. His secret guards had previously probed into Ding Chongan's mansion and found the tiger-stripe stamp he used. He verified what was printed on the previous letter. That's right, it's just that Ning Qing and Wei Yao have not yet returned to the imperial capital, so they are standing still for now.

"Ding Xiang is exempt from courtesy."

Emperor Xiangfeng raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Yu, and said: "You came here suddenly, probably because of Wei Yao, I have already decided on this matter, and the person who sent the letter has already set out on the road, so you don't need to mention it again."

Zhu Yu didn't expect that he would say this in front of outsiders, it seems that his father trusted Ding Chong'an more than he thought.

At this time, a palace official came in in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. An, Mr. An, please see me."

Ding Chong'an glanced outside the hall, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an imperceptible way.

Wei Yao brought Ning Qing into the hall, knelt down and saluted, "I pay homage to Your Majesty."

Emperor Xiangfeng was still a little stunned: "What about Duke An..."

Wei Yao said: "Not far from the city, I met an official sent by the imperial court to send a message to Huangzhou, so I stopped him, and went to the palace to meet your majesty."

"Oh, that's fine." Emperor Xiangfeng felt wrong after thinking about it, "It's just why you didn't notify me before you returned to Beijing?"

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I have something important to report, so I deliberately didn't let anyone inform me in advance so as not to startle the snake."

Emperor Xiangfeng was still in the dark: "What's the matter?"

Ning Qing had already quietly stood beside Zhu Yu, and heard him ask in a low voice, "What do you want?"

"Before I came just now, I asked Zhao Min to go to His Highness's palace to collect evidence. There is a reason for the incident, and I will tell His Highness the details later." Ning Qing said softly.

Only Wei Yao said: "I went to Huangzhou to investigate the pirates, and now the case has been solved. We only need to arrest the troublemakers."

Although he didn't understand how he jumped from the words just now to the pirates, Emperor Xiangfeng still said: "Since the truth has been found out, why can't people be caught?"

"Because the murderer is not in Huangzhou now, but has come to the imperial capital." Wei Yao turned his head to look at Ding Chongan, "There is another accomplice who is even more powerful. He was related to the Xingchuan grain draft and the Changzhou Wusi incident. People... are in the palace right now."

"What!" Emperor Xiangfeng understood what he meant and was furious, "Wei Yao, you must have evidence for what you say!"

When Wei Yao was about to reply, Ding Chong'an stepped forward with a smile and said, "Of course Mr. An does not refer to His Majesty and Your Highness, it should be me."

He turned around and looked at Wei Yao, it was not the anger of a person who is facing a catastrophe, but the joy of a big event coming, the joy in his eyes shocked everyone.

At this time, Zhao Min took the evidence and entered the palace. He stayed in the imperial capital and often went to the East Palace these days. All the cronies of the crown prince recognized him, so they felt relieved to give him things.

Zhao Min bowed to Emperor Xiangfeng and Zhu Yu, looked at Wei Yao, saw him nodding, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, what I hold in your hand are the letters and tiger stamps between Prime Minister Ding and Liu Ping."

Feng Yu passed the letter to Emperor Xiangfeng, Emperor Xiangfeng took it half-believingly, and read each letter carefully.

Wei Yao said: "I found this tiger-print stamp from Mr. Ding's mansion. The unique pattern on it is actually engraved with Beidi's ancient character 'An'. It was Ding Xiang who used it on the letter to prove his identity."

The envelopes were opened one by one, and there were indeed tiger pattern stamps on them, and these letters were indeed written by Ding Chong'an, the more Emperor Xiangfeng looked at it, the more ugly he looked.Ning Qing had only heard that Zhu Yu had obtained ironclad evidence before, but this was the first time he heard the contents of these evidences, and frowned aside.

wrong.

Ding Chongan has always been cautious, how could he put such obvious evidence in the mansion?These are indeed ironclad evidence, even if Emperor Xiangfeng trusted him in the past, he would be suspicious in front of these evidences, but why did he look so calm?Does he have any way to bounce back from desperation?If so, he would like to see this ability.

Ding Chongan opened his mouth, but he didn't explain the evidence.

"Your Majesty, what Duke An just said about the pirate just happened to happen. Lin Suiqiong is waiting outside the palace now. Why don't you let him confront him?"

Emperor Xiangfeng frowned: "What does it have to do with him?"

Wei Yaodao: "I found out that the pirate was a play directed and acted by Lin Suiqiong, and he was the real culprit behind the murder of dozens of lives. Earlier, he came to the imperial capital suddenly, so I hurried back."

"What?" Emperor Xiangfeng hurriedly ordered someone to bring him in.

What exactly is Ding Chongan planning? He has worked so hard for so long, is he going to die at this juncture?Before Wei Yao was not around, he might still succeed, but now that Wei Yao has rushed back, under the watchful eyes of everyone, even if he wanted to strike, he had no chance.

Ning Qing has never been so unable to grasp a person's purpose, no, they all know the purpose of Ding Chongan and Lin Suiqiong, but they are just confused and do not understand their current behavior.

Lin Suiqiong didn't come alone, he brought Fei Tian and Pu Yu, Lin Rong followed cautiously at the end, when he saw his young master, he pursed his lips as if he was about to cry.

Seeing Fei Tian, ​​Ning Qing was startled, and then said: "Your Majesty, please ask the guards to protect you, so that these people don't hurt you."

Emperor Xiangfeng belatedly ordered to go down, and in a short while a dozen guards stood behind him.

"Wei Yao, can you explain what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, I have found out in Huangzhou that Lin Suiqiong is an orphan of the former dynasty. He has colluded with many officials in the court and localities for many years, and has close contacts with Beidi. Although it has not been found that Mr. Ding has any direct contact with Lin Suiqiong, those who Most of the officials who interacted with him were Master Ding's disciples, and you have seen the letters and tiger tattoos." Wei Yao replied respectfully.

Emperor Xiangfeng's face was pale, really ugly.He pointed at Ding Chongan and said, "What can you say?"

They all thought that Ding Chong'an would defend, but unexpectedly he said: "What Duke An said is true."

Emperor Xiangfeng patted the table in front of him forcefully: "You! Thank you for treating you well, you are so ambitious, what is the reason!"

Ding Chong'an put away that hypocrite who smiled at everyone, and his face sank: "Because we are all orphans from the previous dynasty, naturally we are very cruel to you!"

"What!" Emperor Xiangfeng stood up and pointed at him, "You! Are you from the previous dynasty?"

"I am a descendant of King Zang of the previous dynasty. I was weak since I was a child. I was sent to southern Xinjiang by my father. I relied on medicinal herbs to recuperate my body. I didn't return to Beijing until I was ten years old. Therefore, very few people know my identity. You send someone When the Zang Palace was bloodbathed, I was studying in the study outside the city, and when I got home, I saw the whole house full of corpses." When he said this, his eyes were filled with grief.

Zhu Yu was surprised when he heard it, he was still young when his father was not enthroned, so he didn't know these things at all, this was the first time he heard about it.

Emperor Xiangfeng glanced at Zhu Yu, and said in embarrassment: "It's just nonsense! The former emperor was tyrannical and did nothing. You people blindly want to restore the restoration, and you have caused so many disasters. It is because I was too soft-hearted at the beginning. sin!"

Lin Suiqiong sneered and said, "Are you soft-hearted? Did you ever have a little bit of soft-heartedness when you massacred the village?"

The two sides came and went, and revealed most of the events of the year. Emperor Xiangfeng broke his promise, killed the entire family of the former emperor, and exterminated all the old officials.

One pile after another, everything was revealed cleanly, Emperor Xiangfeng blushed anxiously, and Zhu Yu became even more chilled when he heard it.

"Enough!" Emperor Xiangfeng turned his head and said to the guards, "Are you all dead? Hurry up and take them down, and immediately behead them for public display!"

What a mess.

Ning Qing and Wei Yao looked at the scene coldly, as if they were going to just stand by and watch.Zhu Yu suddenly didn't know how to face such a strange father, what they said was well-founded and the plot was detailed, even if he wanted to lie to himself, he couldn't do it.

The performance of Ning Qing and Wei Yao also showed this point. They must have known this in advance, so they were so indifferent at this time. Zhu Yu understood that they also disdain the actions of their father in their hearts. It's not easy to speak out because of my identity.

When talking about everything, Ning Qing's heart did not suddenly become clear, but even more confused. Ding Chong'an and Lin Suiqiong's actions seemed to be broken, but he always felt that something was wrong.They knew that Wei Yao would come back, so they were waiting on purpose, but what were they waiting for?They could have hidden in advance, there is always a place to hide in the sky and the earth, and they will never find it in a short while. If they go directly to the north to rescue King Beidi, it is not a bad idea.

Obviously there are many ways to survive, why do they have to ask for desperation?

The guards held down Ding Chong'an and Lin Suiqiong and were about to drag them out. Emperor Xiangfeng was so angry that he coughed twice. Feng Yu held the tea and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon's body."

Emperor Xiangfeng took a sip of the tea, let down his breath, and was about to ask the guards to drag him out, when Ding Chongan said: "Aren't you curious? That tiger pattern is stamped with my name is true, But those are the ancient characters of Beidi, and only those in the royal family of Beidi can recognize them, so I dare to use them with confidence, but how do others know?"

His eyes miraculously swept over Wei Yao and Ning Qing skillfully.

Ning Qing and Wei Yao were taken aback when Emperor Xiangfeng heard that he was about to blurt out the angry curse and forget it.

Lin Suiqiong laughed and said: "Zhu Qin, do you think you can rest easy after killing us? Your stable country has long been torn apart! Even the Beidi royal family has been involved, and you still want to be your emperor with peace of mind? Go ahead and dream! "

Zhu Yu also understood what he meant, and took a look at Wei Yao. This matter was doubtful, but after so long, he believed in Wei Yao's loyalty, and now it is time to deal with the two people below.

Fei Tian whispered beside Ning Qing: "This farce is getting more and more difficult to deal with."

Ning Qing was still uneasy, and asked, "Did Lin Suiqiong say anything to you before coming here?"

"He said that the great revenge must be avenged, so let me watch carefully." Fei Tian glanced at Emperor Xiangfeng cautiously, and said to him, "I think he will be executed immediately, and revenge is out of the question."

Ning Qing became more and more anxious, as expected, Ding Chong'an and Lin Suiqiong came prepared today, but there are so many people here, and Tian Cheng is guarding with soldiers outside, how are they going to take revenge?

"You!" Zhu Qin pointed at Wei Yao angrily, his fingers trembling.

He suddenly raised his right hand to cover his chest, his face was ferocious, and he seemed to be in extreme pain. The next moment, blood spurted out from his mouth, and the dense foam of blood scattered like iron flowers and silver flowers.