Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

The rain beats the residual lotus outside the window, and amidst the noise and wind and rain, only the study room is left alone with peace.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from the rain, and the door was pushed open, accompanied by a panting voice: "My lord, Prince Jing's mansion has been attacked by killers!"

Shen Xuhuai was not surprised when he heard the words: "Your Majesty only issued an imperial decree during the day, and some people can't sit still at night. It's really stupid to send it to your door at this time."

Wen Sheng regained his breath and asked, "My lord, aren't you worried?"

"Who should I worry about?" He looked indifferent, and continued to turn the pages of the book, "If Fu Mingjue can't even deal with such ants, then he is not worthy of sitting in that position."

Wen Sheng hesitated and said, "But there are more than one group of killers who attacked Prince Jing's Mansion tonight."

Shen Xuhuai paused with his fingertips, and asked, "Do you know where those people came from?"

"in all directions."

Shen Xuhuai's brows and eyes were deep in thought, and then he ordered: "Take someone over there to have a look, if you encounter a killer who goes to King Jing's mansion again, kill him directly."

Just as Wen Sheng was about to answer, a person suddenly walked in from outside the door.

"If you didn't mean to, you wouldn't let someone stop the killer who attacked King Jing's mansion!" Shen Chong snorted coldly, and walked to the window with his hands behind his back, "The imperial decree today is His Majesty telling everyone that he wants to suppress King Jing. Wang. In the past, Fu Mingjue acted arrogantly, but no one in the court dared to criticize him. That was because His Majesty was behind him. But now that King Jing's Mansion has become the target of public criticism, are you trying to fight against His Majesty by taking action at this time?"

Shen Chong looked at him with displeasure, and asked in a questioning tone: "If I don't come, are you going to make your own claim to tie Dingguohou's mansion with King Jing's mansion?"

Fu Mingjue paused, and when he saw the blood dripping down his robe, he subconsciously frowned, then got up and handed him the sword, and said, "Send the corpse to Dali Temple, and let people wash the blood in the yard, so as not to scare the princess."

After hearing this, all the officials of Dali Temple were ashamed: send the corpse?Dali Temple is a place for investigating cases, not a morgue, it's like giving gifts!

Shen Xuhuai pursed his lips, and took a long time to nod his head in response: "I see, father."

Fu Mingjue leaned back in the chair, with a look of tiredness between his brows: "Understood, you can go down."

"What's wrong with you?" Ling Qingyan felt that he was acting weird today.

"Fu Mingjue was ordered to track down the family that raised the dead in Beijing, but within a day, King Jing's mansion was attacked. It can be seen that Fu Mingjue has an idea of ​​this matter, which is why they want to kill him. Today the court In the hall, His Majesty did not stop Fu Mingjue from continuing to investigate the case, but told the forces hidden behind that they can take action against Prince Jing's Mansion with confidence."

Jiang Zhou secretly raised his eyes to look at him, saw that he had been wiping the blood on the sword, and reminded him aloud: "My lord, you are injured."

Shen Xuhuai stood up and went forward: "Father, why are you here?"

"Are you trying to trick me?" Shen Xuhuai smiled knowingly, "But it's okay to talk to you, I think the matter has come to an end, even if he doesn't want to investigate, he has to continue to investigate."

Ling Qingyan raised her eyebrows: "It's strange to hear this from you, so tell me, will he continue to investigate?"

"No need." He coldly dropped these two words and left here.

Shen Xuhuai narrowed his eyes, and responded casually: "Probably for investigation."

The autumn rain was pattering and falling into the curtain with a hint of chill. It was not until the middle of the night that the rain gradually stopped.

Early in the morning, when Gu Baiyan entered Dali Temple, he was so frightened by the corpses all over the yard that he almost dropped his official hat!
But Fu Mingjue said: "I hope Master Gu understands that the king may send some corpses to Dali Temple in the next few days. If you are afraid of being frightened, you should go back earlier."

The news that Prince Jing's Mansion was attacked by killers spread all over the capital.

Jiang Zhou replied: "A total of 120 killers came tonight, and all of them have been killed. In addition, Xuanyu Guards killed five people and injured 13 people. The Royal Guards lost a total of 15 people and 20 people were injured."

I heard that there were more than 120 killers who were assassinated last night. King Jing's Mansion had a whole night of trouble before all the killers were eliminated, and then all the corpses were sent to Dali Temple.

"It's nothing." Shen Xuhuai collected his thoughts, and his face returned to his usual coldness, "I was just wondering if Fu Mingjue would continue to investigate."

There were corpses lying all over the ground in King Jing's Mansion, and the bloody water meandered on the ground into a river. The lamp flickering in the wind and rain finally returned to calm.Fu Mingjue sat there, wiping the blood on the sword slowly with a handkerchief, but there was a trace of blood dripping fierceness in such silence.

Complaints belong to complaints, and no one dares to speak out.

"You are not allowed to go." The person who came was none other than Ding Guohou Shen Chong.

"Yes," Jiang Zhou followed with a sword in hand, "Subordinate, can I help you with the wound on your hand?"

Jiang Zhou stepped over the corpse and came in from the outside, and said to him, "My lord, everything has been cleaned up."

Shen Xuhuai continued: "By sending all the corpses to Dali Temple, Fu Mingjue is declaring war on those behind the scenes. I can't guess that within three days, Prince Jing's Mansion will become the target of a mob attack."

"Father misunderstood, I have no such intention, and I will not put the Hou Mansion in danger."

Shen Xuhuai remained silent.

"How many people died?"

"Forget it," he sighed softly while looking at the boundless night rain, "Let's just trust him this time."

After sending Shen Chong away, Shen Xuhuai stood in front of the door for a long time before moving back.

After Ling Qingyan heard about this, she couldn't understand anymore, and couldn't help asking Shen Xuhuai: "What do you think the prince is planning to do?"

The fight tonight is over, but only one day has passed since the ten-day period, and now it is just the beginning.

Fu Xiuyun was neither salty nor indifferent to this, but only told Fu Mingjue to be careful.Seeing this, the courtiers secretly slandered: It seems that His Majesty is planning to let King Jing fend for himself this time.

"Yes."

"What's the meaning of this statement?"

Seeing him like this, Shen Chong's face softened a little: "I know that the Ling family is very important to you, but don't forget that you are the eldest son of Dingguo Houfu, and the entire Houfu will be handed over to you in the future Yes, you don't want to gamble the life of the entire Hou Mansion because of your personal affair."

Shen Chong took a deep look at him, and said: "It's getting late, don't worry about outside affairs, go to rest earlier."

"Three days?!" Ling Qingyan was startled, "Isn't it too fast?"

It was only the first day that there was such a commotion, and in the days to come, King Jing's Mansion would probably be even more uneasy.

Wen Sheng followed behind him and asked tentatively, "My lord, shall we go there?"

His voice was calm: "If they don't take action as soon as possible, Fu Mingjue will hand over the list of those families who raised the dead to His Majesty. By then, it will not only be as simple as assassinating the prince, but also accomplices in treason."

The word "rebellion" terrified Ling Qingyan, and hurriedly pulled him away: "You are really not afraid of death! You dare to say anything!"

Shen Xuhuai looked at him consciously and amusedly: "What are you afraid of? There's no one here."

Ling Qingyan glared at him, then sighed: "Your Majesty pushed the prince to death, and I don't know how things will develop in nine days."

Shen Xuhuai walked slowly with his big sleeves folded, and said: "Fu Mingjue is not the kind of person who is willing to be fish."